Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Netanyahu cartoon

Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by amriksohata on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:33AM (#37899689)

This was the same guy who was accused of depicting Priti Patel as a bull (sacred to Hindus)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/metro.co.uk/2020/03/08/guardian...

I'm not surprised, he was always teetering on the edge of free speech

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by boxed on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:41AM (#37899783)

If that's the edge for you, you are basically against free speech.

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by jeo123 on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:59AM (#37899988)

Your free speech probably is closer to what CCP has in mind which is what is allowed by government and acceptable by majority. Anything else is considered hate speech. Germans practiced that in the 1920s to 40s. It didn't end well. French did that in the pre-Napolean era. Same, didn't end well. Chinese practiced for millenia though current government is less vicious than in the past (read what is nine generation punishment in Chinese culture). There is only 1 kind of free speech. Anything that is being censored is basically not free speech but some form of 1984 dystopian implementation. This is why USA is greatest nation on earth for discovering 1st and protected by 2nd. UK has no such thing even though literally origin of USA.

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by seanw444 on Monday October 16, 2023 @10:00AM (#37900005)

> the edge of free speech

Sometimes, comedy writes itself. It always fascinates me when someone can write something so oxymoronic and not register an issue with it.

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Re:Steve Bell sacked by Guardian in antisemitism row over Ne... by zingababba on Monday October 16, 2023 @10:26AM (#37900304)

Teetering on the edge of free speech...ha...

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