From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with “terrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/33840224

From age and ID restrictions on the Internet, to charging rappers with “terrorism,” the U.K. is demolishing the most basic civil liberties. If we let them, U.S. leaders may be close behind.

    • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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      2 days ago

      There’s no domestic terrorism charge in the US. Only foreign organizations can be declared to be terrorist organizations. First Amendment.

      Edit: And even then only giving material support for such organizations is a chargeable offense.

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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          2 days ago

          Oh true. Lemme correct that: There’s nothing such as a domestic terrorist organization in the US. The point being that it’s impossible under US law to make affiliation with or support for a domestic organization a criminal act. The charge is dubious all around, but it’s not an attack on free speech.

      • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
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        2 days ago

        No organisations. Individuals can be declared terrorists and held indefinitely and have their human rights violated up to and including torture without even seeing a judge. USA! USA! USA!

        • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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          2 days ago

          Are there US citizens in Gitmo? If so then that’s definitely fucked up, if no then it’s still fucked up, but it’s the imperialist kind of fucked up which is a completely different conversation.

        • jenesaisquoi@feddit.orgEnglish
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          2 days ago

          The realisation that the distinction between north and south is made mostly for racist reasons hits you after you learn that many US-americans only think of the USA and Canada when they talk about North America

  • randomname@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    This Current Affairs is one of these magazines where you know what you get before you click the link, similar to ‘media’ outlets like Jacobin. This serves a propaganda purpose for anti-democratic regimes only, it’s not aiming at publishing independent research.