https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/22/peter-lynch-61-jailed-for-nearly-three-years-for-role-in-rotherham-riot
The UK has sentenced a bigot to almost three years in prison for shouting insults -- and nothing else. He received the same sentence as another rioter who kicked and threw bottles. There ie evidently injustice here. Worse than that, to convict people for insults -- even insults that are foolish and false right-wing nonsense -- tramples freedom of speech.
Richard Stallman
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