US Politics |OT|

[curl-6]

KiigelHeart said:

curl-6 said:

As it's the US thread I don't want to derail, but it does happen:

https://nypost.com/2025/08/19/world-news/uk-free-speech-struggle-30-arrests-a-day-censorship/

But this isn't at all what you described. According to the article she was arrested for inciting violence not for posting a meme or saying something that's politically incorrect. And this isn't an alt left or even a leftist thing, even the more right-wing parties in many European countries support hate speech laws and for a good reason.

Several of the examples in the article are not inciting violence.