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Dave Chappelle Criticizes Free Speech in America at Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2025
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Yeah, the Saudi Arabian government don't really care if you talk shit about Americans. It's when you talk shit about them that the saws come out.
Which just goes to show what these "free speech champions" and "brave truth tellers" are really about. They don't actually care about speaking truth to power, just airing their own grievances.
For whatever it is worth, I never saw Saudi Arabia or most middle east nations as bastions of freedom. Selective oppression might be a better term (for the entire damn world anymore.)