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[–]noice 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

It's interesting she's saying that he's comitted a hate crime. I think it'd fall under free speech, since he didn't commit any crimes. Offensive and incendiary, yes, enough to get him cancelled. But hate crime?

[–]Edge_Finder 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

UK doesn't have free speech aka 1st amendment.

What is the law on hate speech? A number of different UK laws outlaw hate speech. Among them is Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986 (POA), which makes it an offence for a person to use “threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour that causes, or is likely to cause, another person harassment, alarm or distress”. This law has been revised over the years to include language that is deemed to incite “racial and religious hatred”, as well as “hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation” and language that “encourages terrorism”.

https://www.theweek.co.uk/97552/hate-speech-vs-free-speech-the-uk-laws

basically mah feelings were hurt

hate crimes, should just be gone. they make zero sense. it makes people second guess, or not say anything at all. self censorship is worst kind of censorship, just keep watching MSM.

edit...

Actually even in the USA you cannot run up to someone and "I'm going to fucking kill you" that considered a terroristic threat

A terroristic threat is a threat to commit a crime of violence or a threat to cause bodily injury to another person and terrorization as the result of the proscribed conduct. Several U.S. states have enacted statutes which impose criminal liability for "terroristic threatening" or "making a terroristic threat."

[–]noice 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Interesting, thanks. I was wondering about free speech in the UK and if it worked similarly. Agreed about your last statement, but in the USA at this time I believe you could say what he said, and it wouldn't be considered a hate crime since it's not inciting violence.

[–]Edge_Finder 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

its kinda how tommy robinson got pinched