How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral

Re:How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral by leftyted on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @06:15PM (#22242200)

Hate speech is illegal in the UK. This means you can report social media posts and the police will knock on the poster's door (I guess if they can figure out who it is) and "investigate".

https://twitter.com/syptweet/status/1038891067381350401?s=20

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Re:How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral by DanBC on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:25PM (#22243131)

Your first link literally say it's not a crime.

> please report non-crime hate incidents,

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Re:How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral by leftyted on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @08:34PM (#22243175)

If you clicked the link, why quote it out of context?

> In addition to reporting hate crime, please report non-crime hate incidents, which can include things like offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing. Hate will not be tolerated in South Yorkshire. Report it and put a stop to it #HateHurtsSY

In addition to reporting hate crime...

Anyway, it's quite easy to verify that hate speech is illegal in the UK. Plenty of people have been prosecuted for it.

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Re:How knitters got knotted in a purity spiral by Teever on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @03:10AM (#22244893)

I don't understand the confusion here. The quote clearly distinguishes between crime and non crime actions yet still encourages people to report non-crimes to the police. This is unacceptable thought-crime type stuff.

"Hate will not be tolerated in South Yorkshire" is also a disturbing sentence because hate is a totally normal, and healthy emotion to have. I hate the taste of parsley. I hate racists. I hate being caught in the rain with a flat tire, but more of all I hate the idea that the police would do these kinds of things.

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