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How are they simultaneously doing that bs while at the same time being more anti-trans than other western countries. Brits are so odd.
by BriggyDwiggs42 3y ago
How are they simultaneously doing that bs while at the same time being more anti-trans than other western countries. Brits are so odd.
- em-bee 3y agoi don't see the contradiction
- BriggyDwiggs42 3y agoIn theory, policing hate speech is quite left wing and hating trans people is quite right wing
- intunderflow 3y agoIt's not generally about left-wing and right-wing, it's more that the UK is an authoritarian state, with relatively very few civil liberties compared to other western countries. To give an example, when the government becomes upset with protests they just make them illegal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police,_Crime,_Sentencing_and_Courts_Act_2022 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police,_Crime,_Sentencing_and_... and if people in the UK strike too much, they just make that illegal too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikes_(Minimum_Service_Levels)_Act_2023 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strikes_(Minimum_Service_Level...