UK MP speech about freedoms censored by YouTube

Re:UK MP speech about freedoms censored by YouTube by sudosysgen on Thursday October 14, 2021 @10:41AM (#28864928)

I'm sure there are positives, but the UK's history is clearly not about freedom. The UK's history is subjugating a massive amount of people. So claiming that the UK has its historic achievements because of freedom is just blatant revisionism. You could definitely find some good things though.

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Re:UK MP speech about freedoms censored by YouTube by TrispusAttucks on Thursday October 14, 2021 @11:59AM (#28866094)

That's fair. I need to brush up on it's history.

Thanks for your comments!

EDIT: Upon some cursory research I still am not sure I can agree with your assessment.

[1] Bill of Rights : 1689

[2] United Kingdom : 1707

[3] Civil Liberties in UK : (various dates)

[4] Magna Carta : 1215

[5] Parliamentary Privilege

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom#Kingdom_of_Grea...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_liberties_in_the_United_...

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta

[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege

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Re:UK MP speech about freedoms censored by YouTube by sudosysgen on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:22PM (#28866354)

All of these things only applied to (part of) the population in Britain. Colonial subjects of the UK had none of these rights in practice, except for settlers.

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Re:UK MP speech about freedoms censored by YouTube by TrispusAttucks on Thursday October 14, 2021 @12:39PM (#28866574)

It seems gray to me. I will concede my perspective.

There is no history of the UK being enlightened by freedom.

;)

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