This article is from November 17th, so a couple days old, but I found it worthwhile.

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[–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (7 children)

It seems every week I see the UK criminally charging people for disgusting and offensive chants, gestures etc.

They are disgusting acts but to criminally charge for this is insanity and a slippery slope to the Government deciding what you can and can’t say.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why is insanity when it’s a breach of the Public Order Act 1986? This is nothing new. I’m not sure I understand how anyone is complaining.

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  • [–] [B] 1 point 2 years ago

    People have got in trouble for "offensive" reddit posts before

    https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/watch-moment-web-troll-who-11918656

    I had a really bad experience recently with drugs and started yelling extremely offensive things to police when they came to help me. I wasn't charged with any of that - I did make a very bad false claim that's specifically being investigated, but it's nothing to do with how offensive it was. One of the things I thought they would do me for is writing a note on my computer for them to find (it involved ra*e). They just asked where that stuff came from and I openly told them I wanted to say the most vile things imaginable but they treated me well and listened.

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