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[Video] Cops not sure whether to arrest man with "Plasticine Action" shirt for supporting terrorism (i.imgur.com)
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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Oh, as not great as they are, they aren't even close to being as bad as US.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I think he is saying they are following the same path, just a few steps behind. So if the US is running over a cliff, the UK will probably consider that a blazed trail and head in that direction too.

    So yeah, the US sped up. Doesn't mean the UK isn't trying to follow.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    The UK is awful in ways that the Americans can only aspire to

    Which ones are those? I struggle to come up with something that US is doing better than the UK. The whole freedom of speech issue might be the one where at least it's not that obvious, but I would argue UK is just more upfront about it, and even though more topics are explicitly forbidden in the UK, you wouldn't be dissapeared from the streets by an unmarked van about it, so I would say it's still better.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    You clearly haven't been paying attention. Both have a ton of issues. You could argue either is worse, but I don't think anyone watching would say they aren't on similar paths. The UK in particular has a lot of holdover issues from never fully reforming their government and only slowly transforming from monarchy to constitutional Republic, and still carrying all the baggage, like the house of lords for example.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Both have a ton of issues

    Not arguing with that. I'm struggling to find something that is worse in the UK than in US right now, that's it, I'm comparing the two countries right now. Whatever holdover issues UK has, US has it worse as far as I can see.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Fancy arresting people for committing a crime. What an insane state of affairs we live in, next thing you'll tell me we're not allowed to murder people

    It's sexual harassment you idiot

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