Satirical Semite: The Right to Freed Speech

It is in celebration of Passover, the festival of freedom, that we can enjoy the free speech that is afforded to every American. I grew up in a country where the most recent version of anything resembling a constitution is the Magna Carta of June 15, 1215, which is why it is such a privilege to breathe the liberated air of the USA. The First Amendment is alive and well, stating that Congress should not establish a law “abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Hallelujah! As an American visa-holder it seems like Pesach is the perfect place to state my mind without fear of retribution or repercussions. Here goes. Let us celebrate the first amendment and the right to free █████.

As an American visa-holder it seems like Pesach is the perfect place to state my mind without fear of retribution or repercussions.

First, let’s address Congress. The ███████ party can be controversial. Their continued criticism of the ████████ party may be justified but they have gone too far. Why would anyone vote for █████ █████, ███ ████ or ██████ ██████? When ███ █████ promised that they would support the rights of █████████, nobody expected that we would quickly see ███ █████ overrun with ████ ███████, ████ █████████ and failed actors.

As for the Oscars ceremony, it was very clear that █████ ████ was in the wrong, and ████ █████ was in the right. That should settle the matter. 

The beauty of a free press is that you can make outrageous and provocative statements like saying “████ █████████ ███████ ████████ █████is really a man,” and that the moon landing █████ ████████, ██ ██ ██ ███ ████ ███ █████ ████ ████████. 

We can freely make predictions about the 2022 midterm elections when every one of the 435 seats in Congress will be contested, along with 35 of the 100 Senate seats. The █████ party deserves to win, and should win, and anyone who disagrees is a █████ █████ and a █████..  We only need to look at their track record over the last 50 years to see that they █████████ █████████. 

As for the laptop belonging to █████████, it is obvious that ██████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ Instead of a PC, █████ should have bought a MacBook.  

Another thing I love about America, in addition to free speech, is that gas is so cheap compared to England. It costs £80 (£105) to fill up my car in London, but only $80 (£61) in Los Angeles. What a winner!! 

The elephant in the room is Vladimir Putin. In 1985 the Russian premier Mikhail Gorbachev spearheaded the dual policies of Glasnost (openness) and Perestroika (reconstruction), which gave Soviet citizens the freedom to speak openly. Putin has reversed Soviet progress, but only as far back as April 3, 1922, when Joseph Stalin was appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party. As an anti-war pro-Ukraine 20-year-old Moscow resident said just three days ago, ███████████████ █████ █████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ █████ █████. It had Putin quaking in his jackboots.  

Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in. On Passover the liberation of the Children of Israel only happened because Moses was willing to confront the evil Pharaoh on several occasions. Pharaoh’s method of canceling somebody was to send a complete military force. Fortunately we had God on our side, and His method of cancellation was to send 10 plagues. If you’re going to do it, do it in style. 

As for the █████  probe, January 6, 2020 and █████ gate, we can safely say that █████ █████ █████ █████ . I’m sure you would agree!!

Stay liberated, speak freely, and have a very Happy Passover.

Marcus J Freed is an actor, filmmaker and Jewish educator. www.marcusjfreed.com and on social @marcusjfreed