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Are you sure that link's the one you meant to share? > The former childminder from Northampton, who is married to a Conservative councillor, had posted an abho
by ceejayoz 3mo ago
Are you sure that link's the one you meant to share?
> The former childminder from Northampton, who is married to a Conservative councillor, had posted an abhorrent message on X, calling for people to "set fire" to hotels housing asylum seekers following the murder of three young girls at a dance class in Southport in July 2024.
> Yet the fact both men were able to address a huge crowd in London is perhaps evidence that there is rather more leeway for free speech in this country than those likening the UK to a "tin pot dictatorship" suggest.
Seems fine?
- philipallstar 3mo ago> Are you sure that link's the one you meant to share? Sorry, I'm confused by the question.
- ceejayoz 3mo agoThe link seems to make the opposite point you intended. Criminal threats with appropriate punishment, and regular old hateful speech is ongoing.
- philipallstar 3mo agoThe link is far broader than that, but even in this case: there was no threat. No more than a university lecturer tweeting that he wanted a white genocide.
- ceejayoz 3mo agoI'm sorry, but if you think public calls to burn down occupied buildings during unrest (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_Kingdom_riots) aren't a threat, I'm not sure there's a discussion to be had here.
- marysol5 3mo ago"ISIS never threatened anybody, they just called for bombs to be set off"
- marysol5 3mo agoThe right love to play-down the woman who called for terrorist attacks on British streets as "just a tweet". Meanwhile there's been two arrests around two prominent right-wing politicians getting threats and celebration of death this week. And they're all silent again.