Phew.
Thank goodness the great British justice system is here to protect the people of this country, by throwing the book at folks… for hurty words and memes.
Don’t panic though, the UK hasn’t gone full draconian hellscape, and just started imprisoning everyone.
Sex offenders and paedophiles are still free to roam the streets. We’re not North Korea, y’know!?
Of course this crack down is multi-layered.
It’s about silencing free speech, and normalising prison time for offending people, and what this does in the end, is create a situation where you no longer have to silence free speech or impose prison time for offending people, because people will simply silence themselves through the fear of facing prison time if they don’t.
The sheep becomes their very own sheep dog, and if my goal was to destroy the nation unopposed, I’d want as many people silencing themselves as possible.
As the great British public, we could of course, all put down the faultlines that divide us, and join together as one indomitable force to stand against the destruction of our collective freedoms, and fight for everyone’s right to speak their truths,
But where is the fun in that?
Instead, from where I am sitting, all I can see, with notable exceptions, is people putting their tribalistic allegiances before the freedoms of the population as a whole.
If someone is cancelled, or fired, or even imprisoned for words, then the first thought should not be “But do I align with their view?”, and yet overwhelmingly, it is....<<<Read More>>>....
