Comment on [Video] Cops not sure whether to arrest man with "Plasticine Action" shirt for supporting terrorism

TrickDacy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  They aren’t saying anything. The UK criminalized pro-Palestinian slogans in public. Namely the “Support Palestine Action” slogan. This guy has a shirt that says “Support Plasticene Action” which, notably, does not reference Palestine at all though the words have an aesthetic similarity to the Palestine slogan. So the pigs are trying to see if they can arrest him for hate speech or not.

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  • AlDente@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is close, but it is specifically in regards to a group called Palestinian Action, not Palestine or Palestinian people in general. The British government declared the group Palestine Action a terrorist group, and there is a preexisting law from 2000 which makes it illegal to support ‘terrorist groups’.

    Of course the whole thing is ridiculous (Palestinian Action has never even hurt anyone), and many people have been publicly supporting Palestinian Action in protest. Over 500 people were arrested at a protest on the 10th.

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  • arin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    How is supporting a victim of war crimes ‘hate speech’?

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    • IndustryStandard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Not hate speech. Terrorism. Punishable by up to 14 years in prison.

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      • arin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        How is showing sympathy to victims of genocide considered terrorism?

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    • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Because Fascism doesn’t care about truth or reason

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