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A comment on Man, 19, jailed for racially abusing Marcus Rashford on Twitter. Parent comment
Hate speech, in particular targeting ethnic or religious groups is an offense in virtually every democratic country, so that's a weird leap to make.
>How is this different than Turkey's president Erdogan throwing people in jail
For starters we're not talking about arbitrary exercise of authority here but straight forward application of the rule of law.
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Hate speech, in particular targeting ethnic or religious groups is an offense in virtually every democratic country, so that's a weird leap to make.
>How is this different than Turkey's president Erdogan throwing people in jail
For starters we're not talking about arbitrary exercise of authority here but straight forward application of the rule of law.