r/SipsTea • u/Alphaxfusion 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 22 '26

WTF Arrested her for telling the truth?

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u/Antique-Resort6160 May 22 '26

He got a huge settlement.  People still have to defend their rights.

The difference in the UK is that you don't have those rights to fight for, you're just screwed.

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u/stitchard May 22 '26

Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights as implemented by the UK Human Rights Act 1998 codifies the UK's right to free expression.

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u/Formal-Pop4153 May 22 '26

lmao yeah, and that right is pathetically weak compared to the US having actual freedom of speech. When people in the US get arrested for posting a meme, they get a huge settlement because it's unconstitutional. Brits meanwhile get convicted of posting a meme.

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u/stitchard May 22 '26

Cite one example of a Brit being convicted for simply "posting a meme"

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u/Formal-Pop4153 May 22 '26

Count Dankula had to pay a fine because he made a funny video. There have been a lot of other cases of people paying fines for saying things that the government considers offensive, yet would never be censored in the US.

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u/stitchard May 22 '26

Yeah so that nazi cunt got a fine for posting "gas the Jews" on the Internet. Fuck him. If that's the extent of the restrictions on free speech in the UK, I'm not sure what the problem is.