One of the best things about living in the United Kingdom is that most of the right-wing rhetoric you hear in America is very much against the law here. Calling Islam "uncivilised" or saying that gay marriage isn't really marriage would get you charged with inciting hatred. Suggesting that people should buy guns "for self-defence" would be considered inciting violence, which carries serious penalties as well. We're also finally starting to seriously crack down on climate change deniers and anti-vaxxers and all three of our legal systems have laws that prohibit insulting or offending people in general. Scotland has a law against disparaging the memory of deceased persons, so the crude "ding dong, the witch is dead" rhetoric coming from the US when a celebrity dies would be very much illegal. Childish name-calling and lying about people is not allowed here either, as a woman in Suffolk was recently given defamation charges for commenting "she's a liar" on a YouTube video of a politician giving a speech.
Is our freedom of expression limited? Not in the least. We are guaranteed freedom of expression through European law. Rather than restricting freedom of expression, these laws simply ensure that it's used responsibly and for the purposes of good. Unlike Americans, we understand that human rights and human dignity also need to be respected. Americans stubbornly cling to their outdated interpretation of their archaic Constitution while the rest of the world forges ahead. You Americans look very uncivilised to the rest of us when you allow bigots to speak out openly. By allowing hate speech, you are sending the message to the rest of the world that your government approves of hatred and intolerance. Is that really what you want, Americans?
Freedom of speech means...freedom of speech. Once you start attaching qualifiers - like, "...making sure it's used responsibly...", you no longer have free speech. exactly HOW low is your IQ?
Cooper Stewart
go shout "FIRE!" in a crowded cinema and advocate murdering "niggers" as they flee
>admitting you're a russian troll bad one, Ivan >all he has is his skin color hew hew hew
Grayson Miller
You post this same shit in every thread Ivan
Anthony Robinson
Enjoy watching your wives, daughters, and sisters get raped by Muslim Grooming Gangs. In a few decades you'll be another shithole Muslim country not safe for women or fags.
Henry Hernandez
The most horrifying thing is that there are millions of people who think like this: that the government is responsible for punishing people for their thoughts and words. Totally 1984 and they don't even see why 'their' government would do that. They don't see the march towards world government.
America considers the rest of the world a bunch of pussies. And in many ways, that is bc everyone besides Americans ARE a bunch of pussies. And at least half of Americans are also pussy cuck soy boys as well. So it's basically true. Now why the hell would we give a shit then what socialist and commie morons think of our great country? We beat your asses in a revolutionary war so we wouldn't have to put up with your shit then or now. So suck a fat soy cock bc we dgaf about your shitty british opinions. The more pussified you losers in EU become the harder we're going to get over here. Remember that. There will be another revolution before true Americans are ever sympathetic to your whiny bullshit of cuckdom of brit pussy land. Brush your teeth pussy.
Kayden Gonzalez
This makes me feel terribly sad.
Kevin Phillips
Some people will find it difficult to understand the meta-narrative that functions that allows for a free and civilised society. I don't want to live in a society that you have to argue if rape is good or not and the people like the Westboro Baptiste Church are able to use a free speech agenda as a pure sensationalist media tool. The difference being that while after the US election there was and still is division after the UK election it was like Ok baka with only a few instances of extreme rhetoric. A safe and open society needs restrictions. The fear mongers and sensational outrage addicts are going to shout but your going to have sharia law and Homosexuals will run naked in the streets eating children, however the truth is that a fair and just society is better going to absorb radical dissent than one where radical dissent is supported by the word of the law.
Alexander Adams
kek
Kayden Thomas
bump
Leo Adams
Fuck off boris, we know it’s shit here but you’re trying too hard now.
John Jones
>Calling Islam "uncivilised" or saying that gay marriage isn't really marriage would get you charged with inciting hatred