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When you support literally jailing people for speech you don't like, you don't support free speech. The clear-cut example I usually pull out - there's PLENTY m
by vdqtp3 2y ago
When you support literally jailing people for speech you don't like, you don't support free speech.
The clear-cut example I usually pull out - there's PLENTY more.
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/31/23004339/uk-twitter-user-sentenced-grossly-offensive-tweet-tom-moore-joseph-kelly https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/31/23004339/uk-twitter-user-...
- croes 2y agoSo he wasn't jailed.
- walthamstow 2y agoSo much for clear-cut example!
- adammarples 2y agoIt's still baffling that he could have been, and that this law exists at all
- DonHopkins 2y agoSo we can all agree that Trump certainly doesn't support free speech. And he's AMERICAN.
- anigbrowl 2y agoI fail to see what this has to do with European conceptions of free speech in general. You may recall that Britain went out of its way to leave the EU, in part citing its dislike of the EU's legal concept of fundamental rights.