The arrests of several anti-monarchy protesters at events for the late Queen Elizabeth II have caused an outcry among free-speech advocates in the UK.
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Very Putinesc
You are free to Agree with the British Monarchy and its sycophants, dissent will be dealt with accordingly, take heed pheasants.
Democracy and aristocracy are like oil and water…can’t mix
Free speech does not mean one must let one’s opinion heard at any given occasion. We do have a responsibility to behave appropriately. Booing at a funeral is not to be appropriate.
Even I, a fanatical libertarian, will say those plonkers simply will have to wait until after 19th September before they yell “Down with monarchy!”. By then, I shall join them. But for now, let’s show some respect.
lmao. hey tell you guys a joke uK has democracy and free speech.
MEANWHILE, in …. Tijuana, Burundi, Pakistan, Mississippi, Syria, Ukraine, Brunei, Honduras, ETC.
the west says that they are democratic and free speak🤣🤣🤣🤣
How does this compare to Qatar
Freedom of speech is true freedom
It’s called having respect during a funeral.
It’s consistent with other patterns of speech control in the UK.
@ smash It’s a global pattern. Here in Greece it’s exactly the same! 10,000+ employees who work in public hospitals (doctors, nurses, administrative) are suspended illegally since last September with no salary because they didn’t want do get the famous injection and when they protested peacefully outside PM’s house the police beaten them to disperse and even arrested a few who didn’t manage to escape! Ever worse at the Thessaloniki Internacional Fair were the PM is present there were 3,500 policemen, helicopters and curfew during his presence in order to suppress the crowds who want to protest against his policies!!! That’s the definition of democracy and free speech! Especially in Greece were democracy was born!
No, it’s not. In this case, it’s about indecent behaviour in public.
Compared that to speech control in China and Russia to give us some perspective.
When your childish need to be heard establishes your stupidity, cowardice and total lack of class, be glad you’re in the UK in 2022 where the masses won’t/can’t tear you limb from limb.
here u go freedom of speech
the west got taste of its own meds
bruh what even are the meds in this case i dont get it dawg 💀
Try doing that in Qatar. U might disappear without a trace
They should hang them instead of arresting they don’t have respect towards the Great Britain without The King or The late Queen there wouldn’t be Great Britain
Shameful…see their true faces.
Voltaire said, “To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.”
It wasn’t Voltaire who said it.
Though the quote is true, it was first said by an “angry german man” fan.
@Phone Owner The quote is not true. After all, dead people and children are both often considered in poor taste to criticize and definitely aren’t running things.
“It’s time we rise up against Children with Leukaemia!”
😜
Why is the police officer not arresting the gentleman who pulled this one to the ground and then shoved him in front of him which is assault instead he ignores it.
Freedom of speech 🤔🤔🤔
Even though some may brush off concerns over free speech in the UK, there’s actually a reason to be worried: the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts act, passed this year, has noticeably restricted the right to protest, as it states, for example, that people could be arrested “for being a nuisance;” the rest of the bill is also pretty vague.
yawn
Even ideas that we don’t like. Otherwise who gets to decide what’s good or what’s forbidden?
offend people not good, especially religion and race
Get rid of the monarchy!!!
No respect given because it’s not deserved.
I feel offended by the polices actions can they now arrest themselves. He is not my king I respected his mother but have no respect for charles or his brothers and we are a democracy these days Monarchy has no place left except to suck up billions a year in taxes we could otherwise use to house and feed our most impoverished.
Where that charge with pride, brother.
Too much freedom is unhealthy and dangerous
no.
The Royalist camp isn’t looking too good these days, anywhere…that goes for Trump’s people as well.
Each country has its own way of existing. You can’t just decide that one mode of governance is better than another one fine day and force others to accept it.
Suddenly I got the urge to wear an Oliver Cromwell t-shirt in solidarity with these British anti-monarchists.
Oliver Cromwell just became another king without a crown. He eventually decided that Charles I was right and shut down Parliament. Then he ruled as a dictator.
@HolyknightVader999 True, plus his carnage in Ireland and his suppression of the Levelers. Cromwell was a villain in the end, but he did a lot of good for England, namely founding the English Republic and deposing the feudal order.
@Bolshevik Carpetbagger No. He just replaced it with his dynasty. You want a real hero, go look up Guy Fawkes. The only man to enter Parliament with honest intentions.
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There is a place and time to practice yer freedom of speech. Shouting during an old lady funeral procession is just disrespectful.
No
The British people have good judgment. They embrace good. The British parliament embraces evil.
“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.” ― Denis Diderot
@ daniel gh True, but who is the real king? “I care not what puppet is placed upon the throne of England to rule the Empire on which the sun never sets. The man who controls the British money supply controls the British Empire, and I control the British money supply” Nathan Mayer Rothschild 1815.
Get up Uk Get up wise British! this mornachy in the UK is nex amen nothing but blatant nonsense and a gigantic threat to the global security as it has been for centuries distabilising the whole world just for the interest of UK in the name of so-called colonialism.
Enough the nonsense
Not my king
😂 😂 😂
Masters of democracy and freedom
What a joke… 😂
Free speech only for those we approve. The rest shall say what we tell them to say.
Salman Rushdie is allowed free speech, because it suits our agenda. Gotta be special kind of gullible if you cant see the double standards and hypocrisy
We fought the king, and WE WON!
-United States of America
We fought the king, and WE WON . And we became the greatest Imperial Power of all times . THE PRICE IS WORTH IT
-United States of America
Thanks to French and Spanish assistance of course
There are ppls in UK who are not Subjects of monarchy, nice to see that from India. 👌🏼
we dont have free speech and thats the problem, if we had free speech this government wouldnt exist and electrics, petrol and gas would all be at a reasonable price
Free speech in the west means you can only say what the government wants to hear.
cane those who criticize the monarchy monarchs are extensions of the nation itself.
cane them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
A potential H bomb
God save the queen
She’s not a human being
and There’s no future
And England’s dreaming
Don’t be told what you want
Don’t be told what you need
There’s no future
No future
No future for you
Leave it to a couple jackass’s to ruin the moment, how disrespectful
Because he is cassanova, women player 🙄
Is there freedom (of expression, to have human rights) when PEOPLE ARE FORCED TO HAVE A KING IMPOSED OVER ALL CITIZENS. And a police owned by that king acting on orders that infringe on that freedom. So freedom is Limited, a free man is only free until the King or his government decrees the limit.
On Saturday documents were signed stating all that has passed to him. Ownership of his entire Kingdom was passed to him. And he like his mother, nows own every person & every inch of land, air and sea and all things on it. He was kind enough to allow all revenues (taxes) to go to his government. Same as if I own a million pound house and I just give you the £500 of monthly rent I receive, but the house remains mine. SO ROYALS GET THE BETTER DEAL. And we pay for maintenance of the property.
But the swans, what about the swans, does he own them too.
Whay about Qatari monarchy ?
How many times did a king say, of with the head!!!
So stupid. You have the right to choose who will govern you. King has no powers anyway so what’s the point of this cruel protest just when they are morning the Queen. Disgusting.
God save the king…what disrespect to do that wen the family is burying their love ones..
We are a “cult”. You cannot criticize or have another point of view
Then you get mob mentality because they think they are right.
Did that thug in the white t shirt get arrested? No, he’s the people’s hero. We are a cruel, spiteful, little country.
you see there is no free speech they might say free speech but as you can see truly it doesn’t exist
A stupid way to demonstrate during funeral…..free speech is not the same of free to throw trash. Respect the funeral proceedings
😂still they won’t abolish monarchy, but will preach other countries to fight for their freedom and democracy, pathetic
£600 M is what charles is worth, So why do people Fawn and Scrap before this old man who has no right to take such an outmoded ideology , and people don’t realize they are being RIPPED OFF to support this parasitic family
Democracy and Monarchy isn’t inherently the polar opposite of each other. Heck, some country were more democratic when it was a monarchy compared to when it wasn’t. Emperor Pedro II of Brazil came to mind.
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When peaceful protesters are detained for what their voice say;
This is where it comes evident there shall be no peace for human kind til the likes of kings and priests are expunged from the stage of theatrics
Full Support to the Anti Monarchy supporters. A common man is Struggling for the daily needs & the Government is spending millions of Pounds for the Royal family…. what a cruel joke with a common man.. shame on UK government.
Free Speech without responsibility is Pure Nonsense and Lunacy. Responsible Speech and Responsible Reporting are what is sorely missing especially when brokered by the media.
He’s about as popular as Biden
But not as weird as Trump
Freedom.speech is a part of democracy
Iam not a fan of royal family…so what?
Haha, kick him senseless
If ANYONE puts their hands on you police or not, Just spark them. And accept the consequences.
Imagine if they hadnt been arrested? The crowd would have torn them apart and then we would be asking why did the police let it happen! Personally I would have preferred that as protesting at a funeral is disgusting. Not the official funeral but its all part of the process. No excuses, protest some other time.
the monarchy are, self perpetuating. its shamefull we still have it in 2022.
You can offend a faith that’s freedom of speech but can’t offend and protest royalty so much for freedom of speech double standards
If this happened in Middle East nation they all be shouting freedom of speech double standards and hypocrisy
Republican here but to my fellow Republicans who are protesting please, there’s a time and a place, your showing little grace for our cause.
The royal family should apologize to murdering tens of millions of US native Indians, Africans, Indians, Chinese, etc. Also that they should return all the looted blood tainted possession costing trillions of dollars that they proudly displayed at their museum. What a skewed mindset to these looters & murderers..
These people have a point; Monarchists worldwide are the birthplace of a discriminate financial system (capitalism) & is behind the well known globally; how the corrupt money elite control political, legal & justice, health, financial, sporting systems eg. NFT’s & Cryptocurrency where only a few profit from these ponzy schemes.
Monarchy in 2022!! How ridiculous is this I ask???
So they arrested the kid for free speech but sat there and watched him get assaulted multiple times and didn’t say anything to those people
Welcome to democracy.
@Pimp Poppy calling the UK a democracy is like calling Russian army powerful
@Arbiter Will the UK is the most Democratic country and the people voted to make hate speech illegal and got Count Dankula arrested. This is Democracy working the way people want it to work.
Now what would happen to anti monarchist protesters in Qatar? lol I don’t think that news will ever be covered by Aljazeera lol
dont worry friends this so called apparent royality and monarchy will end someday which divides people…
That’s why it’s important to boo the knee…
Idiots assaulted that protester for speaking the truth but nothing was done to them 🤬 they should be on assault charges 💯 we live in a society of 🐑 and idiots that are conditioned by the media 🤣
The word ponce come to mind when I think of the royal family 🙂👍
We need a people like George Washington to start a revolution and fight and kill this monarchy system
Slaves (you) just don’t understand the hidden history of this planet and rulers. Rulers have always been ruling us and we were slaves in the beginning of history. Look up real histories, morons. It’s very hard to stay at top power without the assistance of advanced beings or technologies. What do I mean by advanced beings? They have been here ever since the beginning of history and to rule us lower evolved beings(humans) for eons. What do I mean by advanced? The people at the very top has knowledge, power and advanced technologies that we have been blinded from. They are the ones controlling the advanced technologies and true knowledge from us so that we can be kept as slaves forever (monetary system). Look at example of North Korea, then you will understand how they’ve been manipulated with false propagandas(Fake news, worship the leader is very much similar to our fake news such as wars, hierarchy system, religions, etc.), limited technologies(Like internet to limit communication with the outside world is very much similar to how we have never been able to communicate with ETs due to the top power’s advanced technologies and limit technologies to us to keep us isolated from outside this planet, etc. You guys are f blind. You think you are free but you are not, because we are all living in the matrix or prison planet to say the least.
The UK is the one western country where stand up comics have to worry about Karens calling the cops on them because somebody in the audience was “offended”, we warned you that giving law enforcement a mandate to thought police society in public or online would inevitably lead to the wrong intended minorities (royals and rich people) getting protection from your hate speech.
Charles III didn’t create these laws, you the voter did by electing the Labour Party and company.
@Larry Jenkinson But their laws were still in place.
YOUR BIRTH DOES NOT ENTITLE YOU TO MY MONEY! YOU TOO HARRY
YOUR BLODD DOES NOT CANCEL MY FREE SPEECH, sing it to him
Op-Ed: King Charles Recommends Military Campaign And Trillions Of Dollars To Save The Planet, in The Published Reporter.
Oh now you want free speech. This are the same people that voted them in for this and promoted hate speech laws.
Modern world does not need parasites.
Us Americans may have our issues (I mean, who doesn’t?) but at least you can publicly criticize the head of state without being arrested. The police who arrested peaceful protestors should be ashamed of themselves. Also, shout out to the guy calling out Andrew for his disgusting perversions.
And they are out lecturing the Chinese about democracy…. replace it with HYPOCRACY which is more fitting..
I’m all for free speech but show some bl@@dy respect – now is not the time – just shows people like this have no dignity at a time when the majority of the country are mourning the loss of a queen who has reigned for 70 years.
More like a dictatorship. More like current Afghanistan
IT “MAY OFFEND” PEOPLE
So we will arrest you 😒 😑
Garunteed most of these people are Labour or SNP voters. Sorry, but the parties they voted for are the ones that pushed forward the legislation that allowed for these arrests to happen. They voted for their own oppression, and I do not feel a bit sorry for them.
I’ve never really understood the point of the monarchy, these people live in massive amounts of luxury and wealth for doing nearly no work whatsoever. We are being told that these people are somehow above us, better than us. They have insane amounts of power and decide to do nothing other than fan the egos of visiting leaders and open places.
The English don’t have free speech, you can get jail time for tweets over there
I Want a Monarchy , and if people do not like charles , they could force him to pass it on to someone else in the Royal Family. No abolish Monarchy Altoghether
You know the UK is borderline dystopian when the man who assaults someone gets less attention from police than the man calling someone a nonce