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> Whether or not an arrest is warranted is another debate, but the it's important to highlight the context of the group who made the image to understand their m
by number6 4y ago
> Whether or not an arrest is warranted is another debate, but the it's important to highlight the context of the group who made the image to understand their motivations behind creating the image, and what it implies about people who share the image.
Is it really? Someone retweeted something, that's controversial but not illegal and got arrested. The context does not clarify anything but divides.
I don't want to be arrested for pro-trans tweets either, but if people get arrested for speaking their minds that's the pathway to fascism.
- kelnos 4y ago> I don't want to be arrested for pro-trans tweets either And that's the thing. I'm sure there are plenty of people (probably even the guy who was arrested in the article) who could claim a pro-trans tweet "caused them anxiety", and get someone arrested, or at least subject to a required police interview, which isn't much better. I am dumbfounded that people seem to think this situation is ok, and the UK law in question is sane.
- nathanaldensr 4y agoI think it's because you're only hearing from the more militant internet-comfortable commenters who enforcement currently favors. When it's swung back on them in due time--and it will be, as it always is--then suddenly it'll be a grave injustice.