As a citizen of the UK, I want to say ~~this is disgusting and our nation has gone off the rails~~ I LOVE ISRAEL!!!
Despite agreeing with the sentiment, I just can't bring myself to upvote those last three words.
He aged pretty well
If I was in the UK, I'd probably already be in jail for this. Or for carrying a 3" pocketknife, or calling my neighbor a fascist and his wife a fat Nazi, or whatever.
American's without guns, here's your preview. They would already be kicking down our doors if there were zero fear of consequence.
I think government leader are forgetting that one of the core ideas of liberal democracy is to protect individual rights.
I will indeed protect our individual rights if need be. That's not macho talk. Masked men are not dragging my brown wife out of our house, kicking and begging and screaming. I've made the decision, drawn the line, I will fight and die first.
To your point, I think Americans have forgotten that protecting individual rights is a fight that never ends. And yes, sometimes we will die doing so.
core ideas of liberal democracy is to protect individual rights
Least naïve liberal
Different type of liberal
Liberal democracy is a type of democracy not tied to politics.
The USA has the world's highest incarceration rate. Since at least 1990.
American cops have been kicking down doors and shooting the people inside for a long time now. And there's no evidence Americans are using their guns to fight fascism. The gun-loving Americans support fascism and would sooner use their guns to fight democracy.
Pocket knife is fine unless you're a black youth.
Ah! Good to hear the Brits are still keeping up with us Americans!
A government with official policy, that has been reinforced publicly in last few weeks, of Palestinian State (presumably action needed by them above and beyond UK's official blessing of the concept)
Knowing that a specific group is being persecuted by UK, is difficult to track. It should not mean that sharing a universally human message authored by that group, where the name is credibly interchangeable with organizationless concept of "Action for Palestine's freedom", cannot be a crime or vector for Guantanamo Bay internment.
I'm unaware of this group taking credit for violent terrorist event that made the news.
Something that happened or was uncovered recently anywhere in the world. It doesn't have to have global implications. Just has to be informative in some way.
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