Remember when.....?

[AngelBlue]

Yes I also remember freedom of speech.
But now you're not allowed to open your mouth about anything .
You do right Native saying your piece.
I used to be so timid to say anything to anyone most of my life , but not any more.
I'm afraid I keep getting into trouble and fall out with people because I can't keep my gob shut .

[BigJohn]

My mouth loves to 'run' and also causes trouble at times. LOL!

[AngelBlue]

Originally Posted by BigJohn

My mouth loves to 'run' and also causes trouble at times. LOL!

I have seriously never known you to cause bother with your mouth running away with you !!
At least not here , can't vouch for you in real life !!!
LOL...

[BigJohn]

I have a tendency to talk and write on some subjects some do not want to hear.

[Baile]

Originally Posted by AngelBlue

Yes I also remember freedom of speech.
But now you're not allowed to open your mouth about anything.

You're absolutely allowed to say what you want, that freedom hasn't changed at all. What has changed is you'll risk offending a lot more people today than you were years ago.

We can argue the good and bad of that and if society has become too sensitive. But that's a different issue entirely from the assertion that we've somehow have lost our freedom of speech, which we have not.

Unless we're talking hate speech. Yes, we aren't allowed to use some words that society found okay in the past, and doing so can result in being jailed in the more extreme cases. But I would call that common sense, as well as consciousness progress and evolution.

[AngelBlue]

And yes I agree , we still CAN say what we want but our vocabulary has indeed become somewhat limited.
I spent many decades being afraid to say absolutely anything , afraid to stick up for myself or talk in general because of my sensitivity .
As a result I was severely bullied for several decades because of it.
But not now.
I swear I wish I could go back and deal with all the bullying differently !
But now I just say what I want and I don't care anymore .... Trouble is I've gone the complete other way and it's almost as if my filter has packed it's bags and left .
I even alarm myself sometimes with my own verbal outbursts .
I suppose being a fire sign is a good enough excuse ?....
No ! Thought not LOL....
Although , and in my own defence none of my outbursts are related to racial abuse or abuse towards anyone in a nasty evil way.
I could never ever do that.
So anyway .... You've been warned...
So be careful where I chuck that tin of spam you gave me... Can do a lot of damage on the bonce LOL....( Only joking )...