Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Adam H. Kerman" Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: British Court: Hate Speech Context and Intent are Irrelevant Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 04:36:48 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <996cnVsA7uAOShP7nZ2dnZfqnPidnZ2d@giganews.com> Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 06:36:49 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="a552f6eb9e081b10012970418cde1c5c"; logging-data="2427682"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19YpRwxma38Qlj4mhUDzteUFzV+wmeAYYY=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:D89oBhjm2j1RkPlfcWk4+glv9Jw= X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test77 (Sep 1, 2010) Bytes: 1667 BTR1701 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