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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: British Court: Hate Speech Context and Intent are Irrelevant
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:36:48 -0000 (UTC)
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BTR1701 <no_email@invalid.invalid> wrote:

>Number of people arrested in Russia last year for social media posts: 400

>Number of people arrested in Britain last year for social media posts:
>3,300

In his first example, a woman had quoted lyrics in full that contained a
forbidden word. Quoting can get you arrested and charged. My guess is that
the songwriter was a black guy. As part of her sentence, she was under
curfew.

>And the British courts have explicitly held that context and intent of
>speech is irrelevant with regard to prosecuting someone for hate speech.

moviePig has already won.

>This is what the Left wants to bring to America with hate speech laws.

>https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ8t6bOQ5H8&pp=ygUma29uc3RhbnRpbiBraXNpbiBhcnJlc3RlZCBzb2NpYWwgbWVkaWE%3D