It appears without a doubt that freedom of speech is dead and buried in the United Kingdom.
While the island nation once gave birth to the political and philosophical ideas that inspired our Founding Fathers to write the Constitution, the country has now become a meddling nanny state ready to turn into a police state at a moment’s notice. The rate at which one becomes the other was amply displayed when authorities moved to arrest a man for breaking the law.
What unspeakable crime did this man commit? Arson? Murder?
No, the man in question was guilty of – get this – wearing a t-shirt with an offensive message on it.
And what was this offensive message?
A crude joke about soccer fans. Needless to say, the man wasn’t bothering anybody when a bunch a busybodies took it upon themselves to report him to law enforcement, who promptly took him into custody for nothing more than exercising his questionable but nonetheless free speech.
Check out the ‘offensive’ t-shirt on the next page:
It’s about a football match in the 90s where police let too many people in which left 96 dead due to fence crushing them. Look it up hillsborough disaster… Me being English can’t see this being true
I’ve seen instances like that, one actually happened on the 2nd level and people fell off
The U.K. is TOAST!
All my tees p**s off the liberal Assholes!!! Ahhhh haaaaa ha
You Brits need a revolution against your Muslim supporting gov. We yanks pulled it off 200 years ago
so long U.K. nice knowing you….
Just make the guy change so he’s wearing the shirt inside out! That’s what we do with patrons who wear offensive shirts at the library where I used to work at.
England is no longer free.
Horseshit
There is a page on Facebook called $#%&!@*Donald trump” and Facebook said it don’t violate community standards, really Facebook what would violate your standards, not believing like you do? This is a bunch of BS Facebook should never allow this hate and violence, remove the page and arrest the one responsible!!!!