UK Climate Campaigners Get 'Utterly Disproportionate' Sentences
UK Climate Campaigners Get 'Utterly Disproportionate' Sentences
A U.K. judge handed down shockingly harsh sentences to peaceful climate activists, sparking outrage and disbelief. Is this justice or suppression of dissent?
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So our prisons are so overfilled that we're letting some people out early, but we have space for this?
Well obviously.. What's more important? The well being of the population, or the ability of the ruling class to suppress any resistance? Gotta keep those oil barons happy!
Yes. Make space for these turds!
"They annoy me, so they should be locked up!"
Clown. People like you are why this country is barreling into authoritarianism. Even under Labour.
It's not about my personal annoyance. It's about breaking the law. There are laws in a democracy too, you know that right? Laws don't make a democracy authoritarian either. These are just stupid uneducated statements.
They have just as much freedom to protest as everyone else has. Everyone is the same under the law. If they think they can break the law without punishment, they are simply wrong and stupid.
Laws don't make a democracy authoritarian either
How do you think former democracies turn, like the Weimar Republic turned into Nazi Germany?
It started with legislation.
Also, this country already has deeply authoritarian aspects, such as GCHQs immunity to the public and their tapping of the internet backbone and storage of the data with no accountability. If that's not authoritarian, I don't know what is.
Also, remember that NotMyKing protestors in London (ORGANISED PROTEST) were arrested en-masse for NO reason, only to be released when the event was over. But yeah, we're "not authoritarian".
They have just as much freedom to protest as everyone else has
Little and declining every day? What, are you only okay with it if they're standing with signs in a corner where they can be conveniently ignored?
If they think they can break the law without punishment, they are simply wrong and stupid.
Oh yeah, I forgot, only lobbying fossil fuel companies get that privilege. Destroy the environment and become immune from repercussions. Score!
The law is being changed to slowly ban effective protest, does that mean it's okay to crush protest? No! To say it is just because the laws were passed in a democracy (by either stupid or malicious politicians) doesn't make it just, or any less authoritarian.
Also consider that the FPTP election system is deeply undemocratic to begin with, where a party with about 30% of votes can gain a majority despite the majority actually voting against them.