The Big Apple: “If you think free speech is dangerous, try living where there isn’t any”

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

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Entry from July 19, 2020

“If you think free speech is dangerous, try living where there isn’t any”

Many people believe that free speech is dangerous, but a lack of free speech is also dangerous.

“RT @Hol"bornlolz: If you think Free Speech is ‘dangerous’: Try living somewhere that doesn’t have it” was posted on Twitter by kən nèth on July 20, 2016. “RT PrisonPlanet - RT Holbornlolz: I’ll say it again: If you think free speech is ‘dangerous’, try living where there isn’t any” was posted on Twitter by #QAnon! #TheStorm - HCQ & Zinc IS THE CURE on January 1, 2017.

“If you think free speech is ‘dangerous’, try living where it really isn’t allowed” was posted on Twitter by James Kitonga on January 31, 2020. “If you think Free speech is dangerous, try living where it isn’t allowed” was posted on Twitter by Old Holborn ✘ on July 18, 2020.

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kən nèth
@khalila_
RT @Holbornlolz: If you think Free Speech is “dangerous”: Try living somewhere that doesn’t have it.
10:01 AM · Jul 20, 2016·Mobile Web (M2)

Twitter
#QAnon! #TheStorm - HCQ & Zinc IS THE CURE
@psycotria
RT PrisonPlanet - RT Holbornlolz: I’ll say it again:
If you think free speech is “dangerous”, try living where there isn’t any.
9:29 AM · Jan 1, 2017·IFTTT

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#Deplorable Mrs
@MrsESK
PrisonPlanet: RT Holbornlolz: I’ll say it again:
If you think free speech is “dangerous”, try living where there isn’t any.
9:32 AM · Jan 1, 2017·IFTTT

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Conscious Caracal
@ConCaracal
If you think Free Speech is “dangerous”, try living where there isn’t any.
6:10 AM · Oct 1, 2018·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Conscious Caracal
@ConCaracal
If you think Free Speech is “dangerous”, try living where there isn’t any.
11:20 AM · May 2, 2019·Twitter for Android

Twitter
James Kitonga
@jymsQto
If you think free speech is “dangerous”, try living where it really isn’t allowed.
Careful what you wish for, Twitter. You might just get it.
12:28 PM · Jan 31, 2020·Twitter for Android

Twitter
Old Holborn ✘
@Holbornlolz
If you think Free speech is dangerous, try living where it isn’t allowed.
3:45 PM · Jul 18, 2020·Twitter for Android

Twitter
QT@Anon
@QTAnon1
If you think Free speech is dangerous, try living where it isn’t allowed*
*see Democrat-run cities
11:29 PM · Jul 19, 2020·Twitter Web App

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