One should never plead guilty to a law that makes criticism of government policies a crime.
One pleads not guilty on the grounds that any law silencing dissent is a violation of basic human rights and thereby illegitimate.
Going further, it also makes a mockery of this court that rules over subjects allegedly free to choose their representatives in government. One cannot make such choices freely when one is not free to discuss the consequences of current law.
🚨🇬🇧 “This offence is so serious that an immediate custodial sentence is unavoidable”
Britain is the new North Korea pic.twitter.com/ZurpLZaN6I
— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) August 13, 2024
I’d love to say what I really think but I now know that our woke government will be aiding and abetting this.
Do you think I’ll be able to report as hate speech commenters on another blog venting their rage at cyclists riding 2 abreast (legal), cyclists “taking the lane” (legal) or filtering through traffic (legal). Or even their hatred for cyclists wearing lycra (naff).
I have heard from the Scottish hate speech laws that the site for reporting hate speech was overloaded by reports singling out their first minister for hate speech.
From Merriam-Webster – Naff is a British, informal adjective that means lacking in style or good taste, or vulgar and unfashionable.
Following up:
The question hovering on X for the past week, is what would we do if they started extraditing US citizens for things posted on X?
I said bring it, that judge for starters would need a proctologist to remove his wig and I could surely show the Brits how to use diesel and road flares to “bring about change” in government.
https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/08/14/over-1000-anti-mass-migration-protestors-and-social-media-posters-arrested/
The UK police have gone full Stasi. Some of the “crimes” committed beggar belief in that they have been identified as crimes and have resulted in arrest and imprisonment. It’s the J6 playbook of intimidation.
Well we learned during covid that few do jack boot authoritarianism like the Brits. Next they will move on to full blown thought crimes where just being white and male will be enough for an arrest and a charge.
Nothing has changed since George III then?
George was a lightweight compared to this level of retardation. The longer this sort of thing festers, the greater the chances of it only being cured by breath taking levels of violence.
In spite of these arrests and the likelihood of more and a ramping up of censorship we are a million miles away from the critical mass required. The average Brit seems to be blithely going about life in blissful ignorance, totally unaware that we are hurtling towards 1960s East Germany. May God help us all.
And the authoritarians are adamant about keeping the average Brit in the dark because they are fearful, and rightfully so. When too much power has been centralized it is likened to having a tiger by the tail.
What that suggests is many in the inner circle of power are wishing it wasn’t so. They’d love for the public to take back some of it. But they dare not say so.
Pray for the wisdom on how best to make use of this conundrum. I certainly do daily. I’d love to hear the thoughts of others on this matter.
Pascal,
I disagree that many in the seats of power think about giving any back to the people. When they see the nuclear family as abnormal, keep people enslaved with lies and fear, corrupt children, butcher the unborn, hate without cause and choose power over principle then power has corrupted them. They neither see nor understand their own failings and view the every-day Joe as stupid and in need of control.
If good men do nothing, those with power will continue in the current direction of subjugation. Prayer is necessary to renew faith, but faith without works is dead. Revolution with arms is not necessary yet, getting involved and speaking out while you still can is now an obligation and no longer a pastime.
I’m all in on this point Michael. And as to many: well we cannot really know how many. Take a look at this more expansive comment and you can see why we cannot know. Once in the inner circle, it’s every bit as dangerous to attempt to leave, and maybe more so, than for a mobster who wishes to retire from the mafia.
You may be indeed be correct — and don’t forget I’ve been warning about the intentions of the death cult for years, so I’m aware of the depths of evil so many have embraced. So forget seeking to reach the many. What I’d like thoughts on are ways to provide an opening for at least some of the upper echelon to join our resistance.
You are right that trying to leave the cabal can be more dangerous than directly opposing it.That said, my main disagreement was with the word ‘many. I know of one other tech billionaire besides Elon Musk who has publicly changed sides. What is needed is a mass switch by senior and mid-level bureaucrats.
That said, this morning’s news was truely heartening. The Washington Post and CNN have trashed Kamala’s economic plan. That she has proposed a policy known to be disastrous when implemented elsewhere has pushed even those leftist rags to criticism.
I think in the case of WAPO, Bezos is a lefty, but he’s not stupid and realizes what an abject disaster price controls would be on everybody in business and consumers alike.
Down south here we have anti-gouging laws on the books in case of a natural disaster like a Hurricane. However, even then its very difficult to make a case. It has to do with the voluntary nature of our economy. You can charge any price you want for something, but nobody has to pay it, unless it’s a government controlled monopoly that’s forcing you to buy it from them. Odd how they get away with it, isn’t it?
CNN, well, does anybody really know what’s going on in that asylum? It could be a simple matter of reading the hand writing on the wall. I was kind of surprised that they got rid of Don Lemon, one of their more popular leftist nut jobs, but they do seems to be tacking back to center here and there.
Jordan Peterson on the importance of speaking up when you know something is wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaDeQIW11FM
Another gem from one of the great thinkers.
He’s vocalized what many who speak out in discomfort what drives them to do it even if not realizing it.
I find his analogy reinforcing as I’m sure you do too Michael.
In the sidebar to that video is an interview with Douglas Murray where Peterson brings up Tommy Robinson. If anybody is an archetype of Jonah it would be Tommy. He’s had his life destroyed and paid a heavy price for simply pointing out evil.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzeUTZNsjFk