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Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by danmaz74 on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:14AM (#15407415)
You're aware that Britain's government is from the right, aren't you?
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by Y_Y on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:18AM (#15407432)
Not that they're universally defined, but I think the Tories would be left-of-centre in the US context even though they're considered right-wrong in the UK.
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by danmaz74 on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:53AM (#15415561)
Well, then also US Republicans would have been considered almost bolsheviks in the Third Reich, what with all this bullshit about voting and all... :D
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by MisterPC on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:22AM (#15407459)
I'd say this is a bit misleading. It's centre-right.

In the UK, centre-left or centre-right tends to be in terms of economic policy anyway. Nearly all UK parties have mostly centre-left social policies.

Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by positivecomment on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:18AM (#15407435)
Apparently "all the censorship comes from the left" is the new "there is no global warming".
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by raverbashing on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:21AM (#15407452)
Censorship from the left is fine since the other side is "fascist"
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by jlebrech on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:56AM (#15407633)
only the left wants to ban words that trigger people.
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by flotillo on Thursday October 05, 2017 @05:02AM (#15407662)
If you're referring to this proposal by the UK government, you should know that the Tories are a right-wing party. Your rants about "the left" are misguided.
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by jlebrech on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:22AM (#15407458)
not right of centre, right of the left sure.
Re:Britain Moves to Criminalize Reading Extremist Material o... by leohutson on Thursday October 05, 2017 @04:53AM (#15407618)
It's not just the UK, this is the case for just about every western government, the US political system is definitely the eccentric here, if we are trying to find a global political centre, which is as close to an absolute as you are going to get.