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This Day In History: June 4, 1989 CE
On which the Chinese government uses a very public forum to reiterate its traditionally dim view of free speech. Try not to worry; it can’t happen here. Again, we mean. ∞ T. *** About these ads
Posted in History, Politics
Tagged 1989, Chinese Democracy, June 4, June Fourth Incident, that trick never works, this day in history, Tiananmen Square
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This Day In History: February 14, 1989 CE
On which douchey theocrat Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini vociferously expresses his displeasure with Salman Rushdie‘s The Satanic Verses. The tactic proves so popular that it remains the Islamic community’s preferred method to redress grievances both real and imagined. We, the public, are easily, lethally offended. We … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, Politics, Religion
Tagged 1989, Ayatollah Khomeini, censorship, douchebaggery, douchey theocrats, fatwa, February 14, Iran, religious intolerance, Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses, theocratic cultural backwaters, this day in history, those wacky mullahs!, your feelings > freedom of expression
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