There was this song from early 80s by UK band Discharge: "Free Speech for the Du...

		timeon on March 26, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tufts student: Video shows masked agents arresting... There was this song from early 80s by UK band Discharge: "Free Speech for the Dumb". It came to US when Metallica covered it in early 90s and people there though that it was praising free speech - that 'even dumb deserve free speech'. Meanwhile the song is about empty phrase that 'free speech' is. Empty phrase.

hackernews needs more d-beat. thanks for reminding me.