Melissa Chen @MsMelChen Welcome to the USA, @Amos Yee, as a political asylee. #FreeSpeech @RubinReport @amazingatheist @LKrauss1 @ArmouredSkeptic @joerogan Melissa Chen 19 hrs I'm sure you all have heard by now that Amos Yee has finally been freed from detention. Congratulations should also go out to his tireless, brilliant legal team at Grossman Law, LLC, the many local activists and human rights organizations that supported him, Kenneth Jeyaretnam for his expert testimony, Adam Lowisz, a mentor to Amos who continues to go above and beyond for this kid, and Amos's mom Mary Toh who steadfastly stood by her son. Mary, you were 50% of the reason why I wanted to help, because I could see the urgency and desperation of a mother who just knew that a life of continued harassment from the authorities would befall the young contrarian who couldn't keep his mouth shut had he stayed. I know there's no middle ground with Amos. He polarizes people to the extremes with his admittedly incendiary antics, foolish politics and inflammatory rhetoric. But look at him through a lens of compassion - how do you think a recalcitrant, petulant teenager with the heart of a rebel would be impacted emotionally, intellectually, philosophically and psychologically being immersed in a cultural soup brimming with conformity of thought and unquestioning deference to authority? How

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