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Funkydog
05/03/23 9:00:36 PM
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https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/may/02/anti-monarchists-receive-intimidatory-home-office-letter-on-new-protest-laws-coronation

  • Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.
  • Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.
  • Police will be able to head off disruption by stopping and searching protesters if they suspect they are setting out to cause chaos.


Its worrying to see the police handed so many new powers to restrict protest, especially before a major national event. When the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force, the police repeatedly misused them in part because they simply did not understand them. Similarly, when Queen Elizabeth died, we saw police acting in inappropriate and heavy-handed ways towards protesters that violated their rights.

Some key points from the article. Now, you cannot protest in ANY disruptive manner, block ANYONE in any manner, link arms with one another or even just be in the fucking vicinity of somewhere a protest MIGHT happen.

Yes. The police can detain you, without evidence, if they believe you might be 'causing a nuisance' or a protest might happen. They dont need evidence, but simply need to think it.

At this point, Britain has hit every single 'fascist' point in the 'going into fascism' bullet point list and shows no signs of slowing down.

And if this is meant to stop all the peaceful protest, why should they not just follow the French and burn it all down if they will face years of jail anyway?

Fuck the evil calling themselves Tories and fuck any Labour or Lib Dem who doesn't utterly condemn this.

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Funkydog
05/03/23 9:01:03 PM
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Yes, a repost.

The other one was deleted for trolling as apparently my title would make others respond negatively.

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hockeybub89
05/03/23 9:10:10 PM
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Surely the right is up in arms about this blatant violation of the human right to free speech because surely this law would also apply to them under a right-wing government. Surely.

Motherfuckers are banning protest and we have people here going "Good! You don't have a right to use protest to inconvenience people! That's evil!"

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legendary_zell
05/03/23 9:20:54 PM
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I'm not typically one to complain about moderation, but it's bs that the last topic was deleted.

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Vicious_Dios
05/03/23 10:53:39 PM
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Funkydog posted...
Yes, a repost.

The other one was deleted for trolling as apparently my title would make others respond negatively.

Lmao! What?

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BearlyWilling
05/03/23 11:04:05 PM
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Funkydog posted...
Yes, a repost.

The other one was deleted for trolling as apparently my title would make others respond negatively.

lol

which right-wing mod got upset by this?

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hockeybub89
05/04/23 12:29:22 AM
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BearlyWilling posted...
lol

which right-wing mod got upset by this?
Impossible! There can't be right-wing mods here. CE is supposed to be an echo chamber of radical leftists!

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deoxxys
05/04/23 12:32:08 AM
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Sounds great, now we just need them everywhere so those stupid fucks stop glueing themselves to the pavement and blocking traffic

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Funkydog
05/04/23 3:28:17 AM
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Morning rage bump

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Tig
05/04/23 3:31:53 AM
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Fair, next.

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Supaitwo
05/04/23 4:37:30 AM
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BearlyWilling posted...
lol

which right-wing mod got upset by this?

Ironically it was probably the anti vax one lol.

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Bass
05/04/23 4:43:52 AM
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Wow, I can't believe the other topic got deleted. That's so stupid.

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goatthief
05/04/23 4:44:29 AM
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So this is how liberty dies

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Funkydog
05/04/23 4:48:21 AM
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Bass posted...
Wow, I can't believe the other topic got deleted. That's so stupid.
They apologised for the inconvenience of it though! Protest isnt illegal. Just anything that you can't ignore is, so they clearly had to do what they did to the topic.

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CaptainStrong
05/04/23 5:57:26 AM
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Bass posted...
Wow, I can't believe the other topic got deleted. That's so stupid.
There have been some strange moderations lately. Like when the thread from a couple days ago where OudeGeuze defended Metal Gear Solid 2 was deleted (and the account put in purgatory). It seems like if something can be misconstrued as trolling, they'll delete it.
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Kloe_Rinz
05/04/23 6:01:21 AM
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Strange moderations lately

boy they have been committing bad moderations for over a decade
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hockeybub89
05/04/23 6:03:30 AM
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deoxxys posted...
Sounds great, now we just need them everywhere so those stupid fucks stop glueing themselves to the pavement and blocking traffic
"We need to outlaw protest everywhere because protest being disruptive is inconvenient"

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Kaiganeer
05/04/23 6:04:58 AM
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Funkydog posted...
Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.
absolutely based
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Mew
05/04/23 6:11:59 AM
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Kloe_Rinz posted...
Strange moderations lately

boy they have been committing bad moderations for over a decade


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hockeybub89
05/04/23 6:13:51 AM
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Conservatives could outlaw the free Internet and it would be called "based" as long as one of the bullet points mentioned social media.

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deoxxys
05/04/23 6:51:12 AM
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hockeybub89 posted...
"We need to outlaw protest everywhere because protest being disruptive is inconvenient"
As longer as you arent hindering transportation, ruining public events like concerts or harassing people at places like grocery stores, protest all you like. But people dont show this courtesy so thats why at least they are implementing it in the UK.

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Gwynevere
05/04/23 7:50:01 AM
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Bass posted...
Wow, I can't believe the other topic got deleted. That's so stupid.
Yeah, that's bullshit. TC was spot on, this is nothing short of them outlawing any effective form of protest.

Watching the US and UK swirl the shitter together is pretty interesting to see

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Funkydog
05/04/23 8:19:41 AM
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deoxxys posted...
As longer as you arent hindering transportation, ruining public events like concerts or harassing people at places like grocery stores, protest all you like. But people dont show this courtesy so thats why at least they are implementing it in the UK.
Fyi, the police here already could deal with said 'disruptive' protesters under former laws.

These laws are solely to crush any dissent. Coupled with recent laws to make it harder to vote I see no reason to not call the Tories openly fascist.

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Jiek_Fafn
05/04/23 8:23:00 AM
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Protesting being an inconvenience is pretty much the whole point

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Funkydog
05/04/23 8:32:38 AM
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And now the fascist brigade calling itself the police have said they will crack down on ANY and ALL dissent at the upcoming coronation this weekend.

https://twitter.com/LucyGoBag/status/1654078336660807680?t=BT0BI0VGt5CDOd0XRbhbug&s=19

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ForTheGlory1885
05/04/23 8:33:48 AM
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I support organized protests, but blocking traffic is bullshit.
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Gwynevere
05/04/23 8:34:58 AM
#29:


Yeah, strange. I don't remember the police having much tolerance for any movement in history that involved protest. Almost like their tolerance is irrelevant and people are going to do it anyway.

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Bass_X0
05/04/23 8:35:37 AM
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Even though they werent able to damage the painting due to its protective screen, I welcome the imprisonment for the people who do this kind of thing. Its not a protest, its a childish tantrum to get noticed by acting badly.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/0/AABA6UAAEb18.jpg
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Alucard188
05/04/23 8:38:16 AM
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Love to crack down on peaceful protestors. Shut up and march in line, peasants.

-UK Parliament

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MedeaLysistrata
05/04/23 8:38:33 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

Yeah, citizens should have stakeholder relationship in state organizations so as to be able to lodge horizontal complaints. Protests by nature are not symmetrical and have to be balanced against public perception in addition. So while protesting is useful we need to level up

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RuneterranSnap
05/04/23 9:20:59 AM
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I hope people continue to protest and resist. More of them than there are of cops, and more right on their side.

Also your last title implied this was a good thing so the moderation was completely fair.
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Stagmar
05/04/23 9:25:35 AM
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[LFAQs-redacted-quote]

We have a similar law in Alberta that bans protests from blocking vital infrastructure. Except when members of their base were blocking a border crossing

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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
05/04/23 9:37:14 AM
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  • Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.
  • Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.


About damn time they stop these assholes from blocking traffic and preventing emergency vehicles from getting through. They need to fine them too not just give them jail time, make it clear that blocking the road is not acceptable.

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gmanthebest
05/04/23 9:40:22 AM
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Funkydog posted...
* Protesters who block roads, airports and railways could face 12 months behind bars.
* Anyone locking on to others, objects or buildings could go to prison for six months and face an unlimited fine.
Hard to call these ones bad. More of a safety thing than anything. The cop one is BS though

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Funkydog
05/04/23 9:41:43 AM
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Lovely to see people bitching about the types of protest that got them their basic human rights they enjoy.

RuneterranSnap posted...
Also your last title implied this was a good thing so the moderation was completely fair.
Hardly. Merely meant they'd finally gone ahead with it despite global condemnation.

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Thud
05/04/23 9:45:01 AM
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Bass_X0 posted...
Even though they werent able to damage the painting due to its protective screen, I welcome the imprisonment for the people who do this kind of thing. Its not a protest, its a childish tantrum to get noticed by acting badly.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/2/0/AABA6UAAEb18.jpg
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/1/9/AABA6UAAEb17.jpg

That makes me so angry, I would have a real hard time not just bodying these nerds for trying to destroy art because they're mad about trees or some shit. Destroying culture isn't the way

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Solid_Seb
05/04/23 9:46:01 AM
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Hard to believe they still celebrate the useless "Monarchy" over there, but it's not important enough to block traffic, disrupting people's livelihoods and potential emergencies.

I'm not exactly against disruptive protests, some issues are so ignored that there is literally no other way to spread awareness without forcing people to take notice. This sweeping declaration of power will hurt more than help in the long run.
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Funkydog
05/04/23 9:49:08 AM
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Solid_Seb posted...
Hard to believe they still celebrate the useless "Monarchy" over there, but it's not important enough to block traffic, disrupting people's livelihoods and potential emergencies.
Literally wasting 10's of millions of tax payer money when millions cant afford to eat.

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RiKuToTheMiGhtY
05/04/23 9:51:34 AM
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No one gives a single shit about your cause when you block traffic, all it does is make them against anything you have to say and rightly drag your ass out of the way or if they are no fucks given they go through you and maybe you move or you get run over.

Protesters on the sidewalk actually do get support and noticed because they are showing their cause without being a problem so people want to know more.

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Unsuprised_Pika
05/04/23 9:57:36 AM
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legendary_zell posted...
I'm not typically one to complain about moderation, but it's bs that the last topic was deleted.

Mods really been going out of their way to mod anti Tory/Monarchist posts lately.


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Gwynevere
05/04/23 10:03:23 AM
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RiKuToTheMiGhtY posted...
all it does is make them against anything you have to say
No matter how many times people repeat this, history shows it's not true

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Gritty
05/04/23 10:04:17 AM
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Funkydog posted...
And now the fascist brigade calling itself the police have said they will crack down on ANY and ALL dissent at the upcoming coronation this weekend.

https://twitter.com/LucyGoBag/status/1654078336660807680?t=BT0BI0VGt5CDOd0XRbhbug&s=19

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Funkydog
05/04/23 10:12:02 AM
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Going to say this again for the people in the back.

All the rights you enjoy, that give you basic human decency, that stop the government and corporations from fucking you over to your right to vote came from violent and disruptive protests.

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