The report further notes that the 23-year-old man, was not otherwise being disruptive, causing any damage or being in any way violent.
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46 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21 Aug
UK is really going all in on the speech policing
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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @kepford 21 Aug
I'm not one of those Christians that claims we are getting persecuted in the west but this is just absurd. Things like this are why you have a swing to stronger leaders that offend the left.
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49 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 21 Aug
I was running through a few imaginary role reversal situations, knowing Christians would never be afforded the same deference. I wonder if it's simply fear of violence?
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 21 Aug
I think that's it. As well as the fact that there has been a LOT of anti-Muslim hate due to the war on terror. I think its guilt and fear. The reality is that the majority of Muslims are peaceful, but the number that aren't is high enough (and people just don't wanna admit it) that there is a fear factor too.
Of course there are people in all religions that are violent.
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72 sats \ 2 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 21 Aug
Strong societies can support a diversity of religious viewpoints but it comes at a cost.
The unity of beliefs in any society is a distinct advantage especially in times of crisis and conflict internally and externally.
The economic stimulus of the vigour of new immigrants coming from often corrupt, dysfunctional and often long conquered and oppressed nations and cultures can be intoxicating but the longer term effects can be equally debilitating.
When divergent cultural groups reach a critical mass they can resist assimilation and remain potentially hostile cells within the state for decades if not centuries.
The modern secular West has been blind to the cost of allowing constant and significant immigration of people with religious beliefs different to the basis of western culture - it has happened in a context where the west felt confident of its dominance and where secular and economic thinking dominated over decision making.
The price now being paid is weakness and lack of unity in the west making it more vulnerable and less able to project power and preserve its legacy advantage and global hegemony.
Europe is a mess and the US is a long way from secure.
Nations who have remained more aware of the importance of cultural unity now have an advantage over the diluted cultural unity of the now chronically divided and internally conflicted west.
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7 sats \ 1 reply \ @daolin 18h
The US and Europe have very different reasons for their lax immigration policies. Americans have always had an instinctive revulsion to the idea of judging someone by their last name, but they're coming around to it after a few decades of that openness being weaponized against them by a leftist nanny state. On the other hand, Canada, the UK and Germany seem to be straight-up suicidal.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 16h
Europe probably carries more collective guilt over its imperialism and brutality toward former colonies.
Islam formerly occupied Spain and Portugal until they were pushed back out almost 1000 years ago. Now Islam has largely occupied Europe and the consequences are likely to be debilitating for decades if not centuries to come.
Multicultural societies are prone to internal division and conflict and this makes them weaker and more vulnerable to attack from other nations.
The US, Canada, and Australasia have always relied upon immigration to supply labour but allowing increasingly diverse cultural backgrounds to enter their populations is causing complex problems and undermines the unity that is required in times of international conflict.
The secular west has become blind to the dangers of allowing immigration of religious groups who are inherently incompatible with fundamental western values...but the capture of western politics by bankers and corporate lobbyists has caused this short sighted and ultimately very risky policy to continue past a point where it can be easily reversed.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @LibertasBR 21 Aug
This case is drawing attention because it's clearly absurd. But it's not new for minions and bureaucrats to attack peaceful people based on laws they themselves made.
I hope more cases like this will draw the attention of those on the edges. What's sad is knowing they won't.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @OT 21 Aug
A bit harsh...
Really don't think I'll be heading to the UK any time soon.
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