Arrested for expressing your thoughts.

[The Irish Ram]

How do you stop this? You can roam the streets with axes and knives in the UK, but don't disagree with anyone on Facebook. You can invade their country and slice up their children, just don't say anything mean. We are next.

 

[MarcATL]

Are you whipped up into a good enough frenzy yet OP?

 

[The Irish Ram]

Are you sheepish enough not to care? We should all be whipped up by this oppression. Thought police remove your right to express thoughts. You can steal other's property with impunity, but you aren't allowed to say what you think.
Is this really a good idea?

 

[The Duke]

This is what hatespeech laws lead to. Meanwhile Muslims are roaming the UK with hatchets and knives attacking people.

 

[toobfreak]

How do you stop this?

RUSSIA = 400 people.

UK = 3,300 people.

 

[jotathought]

Hate speech .. what a crock. Who defines the definition of hate? Why wouldn't this restriction on free speech apply to many other situations as well?

A slippery slide indeed.

 

[TroglocratsRdumb]

 

[Road Runner]

People better start waking up because The US is next in line if Trump isn't put back in the white house.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Anyone know what he said?

 

[whitehall]

The United States of America is the only Country in the world with guaranteed freedoms listed in the Constitution. It's a big mistake to assume that those freedoms are recognized in foreign countries.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Are you whipped up into a good enough frenzy yet OP?

Do you value freedom of speech and expression?

 

[MarcATL]

Do you value freedom of speech and expression?

You know I do. Why do you ask?

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

You know I do. Why do you ask?

Seems odd then that you would needle the OP for being concerned about someone being arrested for speech, doesn't it?

 

[jotathought]

Anyone know what he said?

From what I found:

Woods was charged by British police under section 127 of the U.K. Communications Act 2003, which found that his message was "grossly offensive" or "of an indecent, obscene or menacing character." He was arrested "for his own safety," reports The Guardian, following the comments posted on Facebook about 5-year-old April Jones, who was abducted close to her home in Machynlleth, Wales early this month.

 

[JWBooth]

Seems odd then that you would needle the OP for being concerned about someone being arrested for speech, doesn't it?

It’s all good if the speech is something left prongs disagree with. Rules for thee and not for me and all that rot.