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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by lliamander on Monday September 12, 2022 @06:52PM (#32818296)
It may not be good that people are being arrested for rudeness, but it is definitely better than them being arrested for their political views.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by Zach_the_Lizard on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:21PM (#32818654)
Is someone who rudely suggests support for the monarchy going to be arrested? I suspect not.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by lliamander on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:33PM (#32818764)
I'm totally aware of the whole slimy tactic of using "politeness" as a way to backdoor censorship. I'm not down with that.

I'm just saying that it's not worse than direct censorship.

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by afarrell on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:32PM (#32818762)
If a naked man started playing “god save the king” on a vuvuzela? Yes, I think he would be.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by hanniabu on Monday September 12, 2022 @07:03PM (#32818460)
How do toy know that's not the real reason and this isn't the excuse?
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