Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as 'Not My King' tag grows

Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by makeitdouble on Monday September 12, 2022 @10:07PM (#32819967)

I'm kinda puzzled. I know the US is wide and there's many pockets of everything, but in so many ways the US seems more religious and actively putting it into laws than the UK.

Digging far away, only the US tried to ban alcohol consumption, an angle only islamic countries are also interested in as far as I know. Looking back only a few weeks ago, abortion protection has been abolished nation wide. To only take super salient points.

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by aembleton on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:32AM (#32821571)

I thought Iceland also had a prohibition on alcohol. Beer was still prohibited until 1989 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_Iceland

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by HyperSane on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @02:38AM (#32821268)

The US banned alcohol because at the time we consumed an absolutely HUGE amount and it was causing all kinds of social ills like wife-beating and child neglect.

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by apengwin on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @01:25AM (#32820931)

The US does have wide protections for really really objectionable speech still. See snyder v phelps

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