ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@beehaw.org · 7 days agoArrests at rally against Palestine Action ban rise to 890www.bbc.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up134arrow-down1external-linkArrests at rally against Palestine Action ban rise to 890www.bbc.co.ukThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org to World News@beehaw.org · 7 days agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarespit_evil_olive_tips@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 days agosaying or writing “I support Palestine Action” is a crime in the UK. this is because they’re a “proscribed terrorist group”. the “terrorism” they committed was…spraying two military transport aircraft with red paint. meanwhile, transphobic piece of shit Graham Linehan is also on trial in the UK for repeatedly harassing trans people. Ro Khanna, congressman from California and allegedly a Democrat, called what the UK is doing “an offense to anyone who supports free speech”. take a wild guess which of those two things he was upset about.
saying or writing “I support Palestine Action” is a crime in the UK. this is because they’re a “proscribed terrorist group”. the “terrorism” they committed was…spraying two military transport aircraft with red paint.
meanwhile, transphobic piece of shit Graham Linehan is also on trial in the UK for repeatedly harassing trans people.
Ro Khanna, congressman from California and allegedly a Democrat, called what the UK is doing “an offense to anyone who supports free speech”. take a wild guess which of those two things he was upset about.