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Probably the most high-profile case was the Lucy Connolly one, where she posted: > "Mass deportation now, set fire to all the fucking hotels full of the bastar
by kolektiv 9mo ago
Probably the most high-profile case was the Lucy Connolly one, where she posted:
> "Mass deportation now, set fire to all the fucking hotels full of the
bastards for all I care, while you’re at it take the treacherous government
and politicians with them. I feel physically sick knowing what these
families will now have to endure. If that makes me racist so be it”
For additional context (which was relevant during the prosecution and sentencing) this was posted during a time of riots and arson attacks centred on asylum accommodations, and very shortly following a highly publicised mass-murder of children which was (entirely wrongly) being blamed on asylum seekers.
She also pleaded guilty to the charged offence, rather than contesting the charge, for clarity. While not all cases will be quite like this, it is definitely not the case that - as some parties of the right have claimed - she is a free-speech martyr, a political prisoner, and so on.
- tyho 9mo ago> following a highly publicised mass-murder of children which was (entirely wrongly) being blamed on asylum seekers. The mass-murder was a consequence of the asylum system. Given what is publicly known, parents of Axel Rudakubana were overwhelmingly likely to have been asylum seekers.
- squidbeak 9mo ago[flagged]
- seattle_spring 9mo agoSo explicitly calling for violence, not just "posting a political opinion" like so many people are claiming.
- llmslave2 9mo agoIf that comment meets the bar for "explicitly calling for violence", tens of Hackernews posters would be getting arrested daily for how they talk about billionaires. AOC should avoid travel to the UK because her "eat the rich" rhetoric is an explicit call for violence under this standard. Etc etc.
- thunderfork 9mo agobillionaires aren't a protected class in the UK (yet), afaik
- llmslave2 9mo agoNeither are politicians or immigrants at large so I'm not sure how that's relevant.
- immibis 9mo agoYes, that's correct. Have you tried reporting them to the police? If they're in the UK, they can be prosecuted.
- llmslave2 9mo agoNo I haven't tried reporting them to the police because A) it's not illegal speech and B) I'm not a loser
- immibis 9mo agoUh, it is illegal. That's why people get arrested and convicted for it.
- llmslave2 9mo agoNo, what they've done is create a low and unclear bar for what constitutes criminal speech, which allows the police and judges to apply the law selectively. So yeah maybe technically it's illegal but you won't get arrested for saying "eat the rich".
- immibis 9mo agoIsn't every law applied selectively? Murder is one of the most serious and uncontroversial laws, yet ICE officers murder black people with impunity.