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What were the tweets?

by gzread 7mo ago

like_any_other 7mo ago
I don't have examples of tweets handy, but here are stickers that get you 2 years in UK jail: They reportedly contained slogans such as “We will be a minority in our homeland by 2066”, “Mass immigration is white genocide”, “intolerance is a virtue” and “they seek conquest not asylum.” Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-68448867 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-68448867 (does not quote a single sticker that he was jailed for) https://www.gbnews.com/news/sam-melia-free-speech-activists-outraged-jailed-far-right-stickers https://www.gbnews.com/news/sam-melia-free-speech-activists-...
- iso1631 7mo ago
  Ahh, the famous "criminal damage is tweeting" case
  - gzread 7mo ago
    "putting stickers on things is criminal damage deserving of prison time" is no better of a position But we should probably pay attention to what was written on the stickers.
    - iso1631 7mo ago
      America literally jails people for quoting the US president The UK jails people for extreme incitement
      - like_any_other 7mo ago
        Extreme incitement to changing government immigration policy.
  - Hikikomori 7mo ago
    Der Sturmer had no impact either?
bpodgursky 7mo ago
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yl7p4l11po https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yl7p4l11po > Lucy Connolly, 42, whose husband serves on Northampton Town Council, pleaded guilty in September after posting the expletive-ridden message on X the day three girls were stabbed to death in July 2024. > She was released from HMP Peterborough earlier after she was handed a 31-month prison sentence in October at Birmingham Crown Court. Like this one? I mean this is not some hard to find secret.
- duskdozer 7mo ago
  Missing a piece of that? >Connolly, from Northampton, called for "mass deportation now" and urged her followers on X to "set fire" to hotels housing asylum seekers. This is probably not considered protected speech in the US either
  - bpodgursky 7mo ago
    Lol there would be 40 million Americans in jail if this wasn't protected speech. Either way, doesn't matter I made this claim two ways: > the UK will put you in jail for tweets > people in the UK in jail for tweets deemed to be incitement to violence and there is no question whatsoever that what I said was true. Like it or hate it, I don't care, these are true statements.
    - iso1631 7mo ago
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  - iso1631 7mo ago
    > This is probably not considered protected speech in the US either You're absolutely right https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-man-charged-threaten-trump/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-man-charged-threaten... > An indictment unsealed Tuesday lists out a series of angry Facebook messages that Streavel allegedly penned about Mr. Trump both before and after the election — some of which expressed a desire for him to be assassinated. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indiana-woman-charged-making-death-threats-facebook-against-president-trump https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indiana-woman-charged-mak... > Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested in the District of Columbia on Saturday, August 16, and charged in connection with making a series of threats on social media in which she threatened to kill President Trump, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.

What were the tweets?

by gzread 7mo ago

What were the tweets?

I don't have examples of tweets handy, but here are stickers that get you 2 years in UK jail: They reportedly contained slogans such as “We will be a minority in our homeland by 2066”, “Mass immigration is white genocide”, “intolerance is a virtue” and “they seek conquest not asylum.” Sources: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-68448867 https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leeds-68448867 (does not quote a single sticker that he was jailed for) https://www.gbnews.com/news/sam-melia-free-speech-activists-outraged-jailed-far-right-stickers https://www.gbnews.com/news/sam-melia-free-speech-activists-...

iso1631 7mo ago
Ahh, the famous "criminal damage is tweeting" case
- gzread 7mo ago
  "putting stickers on things is criminal damage deserving of prison time" is no better of a position But we should probably pay attention to what was written on the stickers.
  - iso1631 7mo ago
    America literally jails people for quoting the US president The UK jails people for extreme incitement
    - like_any_other 7mo ago
      Extreme incitement to changing government immigration policy.
- Hikikomori 7mo ago
  Der Sturmer had no impact either?

bpodgursky 7mo ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yl7p4l11po https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yl7p4l11po > Lucy Connolly, 42, whose husband serves on Northampton Town Council, pleaded guilty in September after posting the expletive-ridden message on X the day three girls were stabbed to death in July 2024. > She was released from HMP Peterborough earlier after she was handed a 31-month prison sentence in October at Birmingham Crown Court. Like this one? I mean this is not some hard to find secret.

duskdozer 7mo ago
Missing a piece of that? >Connolly, from Northampton, called for "mass deportation now" and urged her followers on X to "set fire" to hotels housing asylum seekers. This is probably not considered protected speech in the US either
- bpodgursky 7mo ago
  Lol there would be 40 million Americans in jail if this wasn't protected speech. Either way, doesn't matter I made this claim two ways: > the UK will put you in jail for tweets > people in the UK in jail for tweets deemed to be incitement to violence and there is no question whatsoever that what I said was true. Like it or hate it, I don't care, these are true statements.
  - iso1631 7mo ago
    [dead]
- iso1631 7mo ago
  > This is probably not considered protected speech in the US either You're absolutely right https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-man-charged-threaten-trump/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-man-charged-threaten... > An indictment unsealed Tuesday lists out a series of angry Facebook messages that Streavel allegedly penned about Mr. Trump both before and after the election — some of which expressed a desire for him to be assassinated. https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indiana-woman-charged-making-death-threats-facebook-against-president-trump https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/indiana-woman-charged-mak... > Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested in the District of Columbia on Saturday, August 16, and charged in connection with making a series of threats on social media in which she threatened to kill President Trump, announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro.