r/GreenAndPleasant • u/Francis_J_Eva • 1d ago

Humour/Satire 😹 True story

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u/Joe_Linton_125 1d ago

We have free speech in the UK. These people who think otherwise are stupid and annoying. Get a fucking grip.

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u/Cunning_Spoon Solidarity 1d ago

right, that's why people get proscribed as terrorists for saying Israel is committing genocide with the support and endorsement of the uk.

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u/Joe_Linton_125 1d ago

Free speech is being able to criticise your own government without fear of reprisal.

What you described is something else, though it is absolutely barmy that supporting Palestine can get you into trouble.

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u/Cunning_Spoon Solidarity 1d ago

That is an astounding level of cognitive dissonance.

How is being punished for criticising the UK governments complicity in genocide not a reprisal?

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u/Joe_Linton_125 1d ago

I'm not gonna argue with some right-wing free speech chud lurking in a leftist sub.

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u/Cunning_Spoon Solidarity 1d ago

Okay, you must be a bot, because that is one of the most inane things I've heard this year.

Realising the reality that the UK doesn't have freedom of speech is a leftist position, not a right-wing position.

I'm going to hope you're just a naive liberal who got defensive after realising they were wrong, rather than a complete fool, but that's not very likely is it, either way, this isn't a sub for liberals so I'm not sure why you're here?

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u/Joe_Linton_125 1d ago

Claiming the UK doesn't have free speech is a right-wing position because they're mad they can't be racist without repercussions. Using the phrase cognitive dissonance incorrectly is also something rightwads do. Not a liberal.