Just Another British Thought Crime...
The ludicrous state of free speech in the UK is being exposed by the fact that a former police officer is facing prison for merely 'implying' something offensive in a meme sent to a private WhatsApp group.
62-year-old Michael Chadwell sent a meme which featured multi-colored parrots and children of diverse ethnic backgrounds accompanied by text asking why diversity is celebrated in animal species but not humanity.
A Facebook comment below the meme said, "Because I've never had a bike stolen out of my front yard by a parrot."
Chadwell now faces six months in prison under the Communications Act 2003 for what the court deemed a "grossly offensive" implication, meaning he was not even convicted for the content of the meme, but what other people might take from it.
District Judge Tan Ikram rejected Chadwell's defense that the meme was simply akin to a Monty Python sketch and was poking fun at woke culture, asserting that it was intended to mean "black people steal."
Because as everyone knows – black people never steal!
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https://modernity.news/2023/12/04/former-cop-faces-prison-for-implying-something-offensive-in-a-meme/
QuoteIt remains a mystery as to why so many police officers appear ready to believe 'stereotypes' about black people.
Stereotypes are not given. They are earned.
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Quote from: Sick Of Silence on December 07, 2023, 09:00:03 AMStereotypes are not given. They are earned.
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Nailed it. Needs to be taught in school.
Quote from: Sick Of Silence on December 07, 2023, 09:00:03 AMStereotypes are not given. They are earned.
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Well ststed. :biggrin:
Quote from: Solar on December 07, 2023, 07:34:51 AM62-year-old Michael Chadwell sent a meme which featured multi-colored parrots and children of diverse ethnic backgrounds accompanied by text asking why diversity is celebrated in animal species but not humanity.
A Facebook comment below the meme said, "Because I've never had a bike stolen out of my front yard by a parrot."
Chadwell now faces six months in prison under the Communications Act 2003 for what the court deemed a "grossly offensive" implication, meaning he was not even convicted for the content of the meme, but what other people might take from it.
This officer is being prosecuted for something that SOMEBODY ELSE said!
The meme he posted actually CELEBRATES ethnic diversity!
Quote from: je_freedom on December 07, 2023, 03:45:35 PMThis officer is being prosecuted for something that SOMEBODY ELSE said!
The meme he posted actually CELEBRATES ethnic diversity!
Yep, European "Thought Crime".
I always heard the British talk bad about America, Americans, and the like...
Do you guys want to reconsider that thought process?
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Quote from: Sick Of Silence on December 07, 2023, 04:55:28 PMI always heard the British talk bad about America, Americans, and the like...
Do you guys want to reconsider that thought process?
:rolleyes:
Yep, they've always ridiculed us for our Second, too many guns, cities in peril, and all that rot.
Now who is in desperate need of weapons?
They're literally in the midst of a cultural invasion and no way to repel it.