2026-07-04T20:55:20Z

Okay this is fucking wild.

If white people rich enough to own a fucking racing sailboat can't fly a flag with words on it without some government boat with a fucking machine gun coming over to escort them back to land, nobody in your damn country has any freedom of speech.

Nobody.

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran@mastodon.social

A sailboat, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Ships for displaying banners about climate justice and clean water.

Source: ig/jackiemarieburton, ig/sloopclearwater

2026-07-04T20:56:31Z

smells of bikes@smellsofbikes@mastodon.social

Replying to an earlier post

@renardboy "freedom of speech" but only when it's what the king wants you to say

2026-07-04T20:57:57Z

an actual bus@renardboy@mastodon.social

Replying to an earlier post

@smellsofbikes also called not freedom

Jul 4, 2026, 20:57 UTCen

2026-07-04T21:01:57Z

smells of bikes@smellsofbikes@mastodon.social

Replying to an earlier post

@renardboy when they say "the economy is good" they mean their economy, the billionaires, and when they say "freedom of speech" they mean their speech. None of that applies to anyone who actually has a job.