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British minister: just because you have a freedom doesnt mean you have to use itreason.com/2025/10/06/british-minister-just-because-you-have-a-freedom-doesnt-mean-you-have-to-use-it/
235 sats \ 5 comments \ @carter 7 Oct Politics_And_Law
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124 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 7 Oct
After a deadly stabbing attack on a synagogue last week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on protesters to stop in order to "respect the grief of British Jews." On Saturday, police arrested 500 people in London for protesting under banners that supported Palestine Action.
But the British government has also cracked down on anti-Palestinian speech. For example, police arrested and interrogated Yorkshire man Pete North in late September for sharing a meme several months ago that said, "Fuck Palestine. Fuck Hamas. Fuck Islam. Want to protest? Fuck off to Muslim country and protest." He was released without charge.
British government just can't seem to get anything right.
Protesters do not have to respect anyone's grief. And you should be able to post memes even if it's offensive to some groups.
How about instead of going after speech, actually prosecute the people committing acts of violence, or doing things like blocking roadways.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 7 Oct
How about instead of going after speech, actually prosecute the people committing acts of violence, or doing things like blocking roadways.
It would seem that there are still a plurality of people insulated from consequences. I've been around enough "progressives" with means to know these people are out of touch with what its like to live in the places they claim to care about. NIMBYism is a great clarifying thing to watch with these people.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 21h
You can live in relative comfort and security and still empathize with and want to show support for people in Gaza (or Myanmar or any other example of power imbalance and brutal conflict and oppression)
Progressives appear more empathetic to the oppressed than conservatives.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @zodthebarbarian 23h
Just because you have Bitcoin doesn't mean you have to use it - ppl waiting for bitcoin to be worth more, probably.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 22h
It is very difficult to use Bitcoin because the fiat debt slavery bankers cartel and the governments they own have almost completely obstructed MoE use of the P2P protocol.
They have allowed it as a speculative commodity- KYCed and taxed...and that has largely succeeded in diverting attention from the fact that Bitcoin use as a P2P payments protocol has been almost completely obstructed from practical legal use.
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