Dissent At Your Own Risk

The GED teacher was talking about U.S. history and politics. I was listening and dissenting when it was appropriate. The teacher said that I should go to China and see how the government ran the country. I said if I went back to China, I might get executed because I would be criticizing the government for its unjust treatment of its people. Unless I shut my mouth. I wouldn't be able to survive in China. The teacher said that there was no freedom of speech in China. I disagreed. There's selective freedom of speech in CHina as well as in the U.S. If one speaks positive things about the government, it's all good. If you speak ill of the government, watch your back.