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Honest question here from an American who heard about monarchy from the other side: Isn't a British subject suggesting getting rid of the British monarchy basi

• tehwalrus 13y ago
  Umm, no? It might have been when Walsingham was running the secret service in the late 16th Century, but I think we've moved on. It is an opinion that gets discriminated against a bit more than most (along with Anarchism) simply because the Media and the Police don't take either seriously as ideas. Example: People planning republican protests during the Royal Wedding were arrested in advance and held during the event, to stop their protest being heard[1]. As far as I know, nobody was actually charged with anything, only arrested on suspicion of "conspiracy to cause a public nuisance" and then released when it was all over. Nonetheless, writing about the idea is perfectly acceptable, and a protest in a less sensitive area / at a less sensitive time would be "tolerated" (not that this justifies the censorship it gets sometimes.) [1] http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/may/01/wedding-activists-rounded-up-police http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/may/01/wedding-activists-...