cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33840224

From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with β€œterrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.

all 24 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] 40 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I thought that the US charging people with terrorism willy-nilly was already par for the course

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    There's no domestic terrorism charge in the US. Only foreign organizations can be declared to be terrorist organizations. First Amendment.

    Edit: And even then only giving material support for such organizations is a chargeable offense.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Luigi Mangione was indicted on charges of murder as an act of terrorism.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Oh true. Lemme correct that: There's nothing such as a domestic terrorist organization in the US. The point being that it's impossible under US law to make affiliation with or support for a domestic organization a criminal act. The charge is dubious all around, but it's not an attack on free speech.

  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    No organisations. Individuals can be declared terrorists and held indefinitely and have their human rights violated up to and including torture without even seeing a judge. USA! USA! USA!

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are there US citizens in Gitmo? If so then that's definitely fucked up, if no then it's still fucked up, but it's the imperialist kind of fucked up which is a completely different conversation.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Really? All of the 30 countries in America? I thought it's just the USA

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    In (the United States of) America, the continent(s) is/are called the Americas. That is why it is called the United States of the Americas...wait...uh...oh.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    In English, most other languages refer to North America and South America as America only.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    This Current Affairs is one of these magazines where you know what you get before you click the link, similar to 'media' outlets like Jacobin. This serves a propaganda purpose for anti-democratic regimes only, it's not aiming at publishing independent research.

  • source
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [+] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
    [–] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The U.S. really seems to become more and more like China ...

  • source
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Except they don't get high speed rail in exchange.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments