Free speech in the U.K. is….no longer a thing. People are being arrested for even supporting protests. Watch this Sky News piece in which the mainstream media warns about what you might think is innocent social media use but the government might deem violent and criminal.
“However you think you’re acting innocently…that could potentially be a criminal event.” The prosecution is pressing charges for “stirring up racial hatred online.” They admit that the government has “teams of people scouring the internet looking for this sort of thing.” Even a retweet could lead to prosecutions.
Protests have continued throughout England in the aftermath of young girls who were attacked and killed with a knife wielding son of immigrants. This caused anti-immigration demonstrations and pro-immigration demonstrations.
The message that, according to The Guardian, the government was the most upset about said this “THEY WON’T STOP COMING UNTIL YOU TELL THEM … NO MORE IMMIGRATION. MASK UP. SPREAD THIS AS FAR AND WIDE AS YOU CAN,” along with a dozen fire emojis.”
Sure that’s an emotional appeal but it does not say to harm anyone. Is that worthy of arresting people?
The Guardian continues: “While specialist investigators sought to trace the provenance of the post, the threat was taken very seriously. Keir Starmer called two emergency Cobra meetings in 48 hours and mobilized the biggest deployment of riot officersacross mainland Britain since the 2011 riots.”
The government and the media can focus on people who have extreme anti-immigration views to deflect the real issue, which is that people are afraid of a society in which young girls can be harmed. It’s easier to blame inflamed responses than to deal with the cause clearly.
