Is this just a throwaway joke or a ‘hidden propaganda’ joke? I’ve seen this sentiment twice on Lemmy.
Asking as an American.
Supporting certain countries gets you arrested in the UK now.
Using a vpn might as well soon
These days, you say you’re English…
A couple of years ago the previous government added restrictions to peaceful protest to say they couldn’t be too disruptive.
Early this year some numptys from the group Palestinian Action broke into a military base and threw paint over military aircraft. The current government classified Palestinian Action as a terrorist group in response to this. I think the general sentiment in the UK is it’s fucking stupid to break into a military base and damage equipment and it’s luckily they weren’t shot, however it definitely doesn’t meet the criteria for terrorism. The classification is currently being challenged in court.
Meanwhile people are still free to protest the genocide in Palestine but not free to support the group Palestinian Action and so people who are going to protests with signs that say Palestinian Action are getting arrested.
Hundreds of people have been arrested since for showing support for Palestinian Action specifically. And also 1 guy for supporting Plasticine Action (Stop motion animators against AI)
The entire reason for a protest is to be too disruptive! You have to be loud and obnoxious if you want to make a change.
Fucking Brits, lol. Too polite to even protest properly.
Americans aren’t doing any better in this domain
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It’s not “capitalism”. It’s just an ideology like Leninism. Ideologies rely on ideal conditions and circumstances to function well. When those ideologies disregard or outright neglect human nature. As both those do. They have and always will degrade and fail.
They’re gonna vote for the party that started the genocide next time, and that’ll fix everything.
They’ve leaned nothing.
Yep. A lot of people seem willing to give up their rights for a bit of convenience.
throwaway joke made by an American not understanding basic hate speech laws.
Its not hate speech to support palestine action
no one’s being arrested for supporting palestine.
You sure about that?
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8de6rq37v5o
Police have arrested 474 people at a demonstration in London in support of banned group Palestine Action.
The Metropolitan Police said 466 protesters were arrested for supporting the group, five for assaults on police officers, two for public order offences, and one for a racially aggravated offence.
I mean, do I have to spell out the different between ‘Palestine’ and ‘Palestine Action’ ?
I can’t make the claim I know Palestine Action,
But its noted they are now a ‘Terrorist Organization’
While I can’t claim whether that group ‘should’ or ‘should-not’ be officially recognized as a ‘Terrorist Organization’
Those people were arrested for supporting a Terrorist Organization. Not for Supporting Palestine.
You’re simply stating facts as they stand today.
Lemmy: Noaaaw! I don’t wanna hear it!
You answered to a comment that talked about the criminalization of Palestine Action. Just saying
Muppet.
The last panel’s wording insults the audience’s intelligence, imo. “I’d get arrested” would be enough to get the joke across.
I thought you were going to mention that it says “arrestred”.
Fair do’s, that’s just how Brits talk, innit?
Oi, you got a loicense for that meme, bruv?
Innit?
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Oy! That’s good meme guvnuh!
