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I'm not a free speech maximalist like many people in the US. I think many things should be against the law for people to say. Inciting violence, hate speech etc
by reillyse 4y ago
I'm not a free speech maximalist like many people in the US. I think many things should be against the law for people to say. Inciting violence, hate speech etc.
What concerns me about this is arbitrary use of the police and censorship to deny freedom of expression in a way that breaks no laws.
There is nothing in the UK that makes protesting the monarchy against the law. It is perfectly legal to assemble and protest the monarchy. In fact, that freedom is explicitly protected.
- tarakat 4y agoState intimidation for things that are explicitly legal in the UK is also nothing new - see their police logging of "non-crime hate incidents", even for schoolchildren: https://reclaimthenet.org/the-uks-chilling-non-crime-hate-incident-law-is-as-bad-as-it-sounds/ https://reclaimthenet.org/the-uks-chilling-non-crime-hate-in...
- reillyse 4y agoI had a look at your account and for one that is 78 days old, you’ve done an insane amount of trolling. Are you part of a deliberate trolling org? I’m not sure one person can hold so many conflicting viewpoints?
- tarakat 4y agoWhich alleged viewpoints of mine conflict? And is that what we're calling drawing attention to relevant but ignored facts? Trolling? And to not troll, I would have to accept journalist's framing and cherry-picking of stories without complaint?