This article makes a valid point. The only thing that gets me is that it’s one sided with its information. I accept it as an opinion, but I cannot fully agree as I was taught to take information from both sides of an argument before coming to a conclusion and I’ve seen none of this in a lot of recent media articles. It’s frustrating and mocks our intelligence to make our own opinion.
The ability to protest is essential if we are to call ourselves a functioning democracy. Even without the recent changes to the law surrounding protests, our ability to do so is sharply limited by a wide array of oppressive laws that often give far too much discretion to the authorities.
Freedom of speech is perhaps the most important value for a socially liberal society to uphold, and it is virtually non existent in Britain. The recent wave of arrests should serve as a harsh lesson to those who previously championed laws that silenced others. Without the ability to speak freely, you have nothing.
Like most people here I would really rather we did not have a monarchy, as they are the literal personification of the rigid class system that plagues Britain. The authorities would much prefer that we remember our place and refrain from speaking ill of our betters. I think the authorities can go fuck themselves in this regard.
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This article makes a valid point. The only thing that gets me is that it’s one sided with its information. I accept it as an opinion, but I cannot fully agree as I was taught to take information from both sides of an argument before coming to a conclusion and I’ve seen none of this in a lot of recent media articles. It’s frustrating and mocks our intelligence to make our own opinion.
The ability to protest is essential if we are to call ourselves a functioning democracy. Even without the recent changes to the law surrounding protests, our ability to do so is sharply limited by a wide array of oppressive laws that often give far too much discretion to the authorities.
Freedom of speech is perhaps the most important value for a socially liberal society to uphold, and it is virtually non existent in Britain. The recent wave of arrests should serve as a harsh lesson to those who previously championed laws that silenced others. Without the ability to speak freely, you have nothing.
Like most people here I would really rather we did not have a monarchy, as they are the literal personification of the rigid class system that plagues Britain. The authorities would much prefer that we remember our place and refrain from speaking ill of our betters. I think the authorities can go fuck themselves in this regard.