• yottle@kopitalk.net
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    4 days ago

    Yeah things are really looking bleak over there. That plus their recent attacks on free speech (you can get arrested for supporting “Palestinian action”) paint a very dystopian picture for the future of the UK

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      3 days ago

      Did you ever bother to look into why Palestine Action was singled out? How one of their members assaulted someone with a hammer or something?

      You can support Palestine without supporting that group, lol.

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          3 days ago

          Would you say the same if one member of a group was a Nazi? No, you’d rightly assume they’re all nazis.

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            3 days ago

            Nice ASSumption. Actually, yeah, I’d say exactly the same. Human rights are human rights. Fortunately, it isn’t up to people like you to decide who gets them

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              Guy who wants to not ban groups that assault people doesn’t want people to have the right to decide and vote on human rights. The irony.

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                  Oh, you’re an American. I don’t know why anyone bothers.

                  We vote for them by voting for the parties propose legislative changes.

                  See the Human Rights Act.

                  Edit: And just for the record I 100% support Palestine. I don’t support Palestine Action.

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                    3 days ago

                    Oh, you’re an American.

                    Say what you will about the US. It’s far from perfect. But their legal model for human rights is more robust than many of their peer countries. The fact that free speech is constitutionally protected there is good thing and the fact that free speech is dependent on majority support is a weakness of the UK system; that is, after all, how the UK got themselves into this current situation.

                    (I’m not American btw, and I’m by no means a big fan of the US. But still, you have to give credit where credit is due.)

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          I’m sorry is this an Internet message board or a thesis? Do you’re own research I’m not your fucking mother.