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Re:Irishman arrested in UK for 'causing anxiety' by retweeti... by number6 on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:43PM (#32428393)
> Whether or not an arrest is warranted is another debate, but the it's important to highlight the context of the group who made the image to understand their motivations behind creating the image, and what it implies about people who share the image.

Is it really? Someone retweeted something, that's controversial but not illegal and got arrested. The context does not clarify anything but divides.

I don't want to be arrested for pro-trans tweets either, but if people get arrested for speaking their minds that's the pathway to fascism.

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Re:Irishman arrested in UK for 'causing anxiety' by retweeti... by kelnos on Thursday August 11, 2022 @01:43PM (#32429302)
> I don't want to be arrested for pro-trans tweets either

And that's the thing. I'm sure there are plenty of people (probably even the guy who was arrested in the article) who could claim a pro-trans tweet "caused them anxiety", and get someone arrested, or at least subject to a required police interview, which isn't much better. I am dumbfounded that people seem to think this situation is ok, and the UK law in question is sane.

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Re:Irishman arrested in UK for 'causing anxiety' by retweeti... by nathanaldensr on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:01PM (#32432312)
I think it's because you're only hearing from the more militant internet-comfortable commenters who enforcement currently favors. When it's swung back on them in due time--and it will be, as it always is--then suddenly it'll be a grave injustice.
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