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  • It’s ridiculous. And I’m someone talking from a Protestant/Unionist background from Belfast.

    Basically, Kneecap has had provocative music which hits at home about distrusting police, burning police vehicles, dressing in PIRA attire. The PIRA is a very real terrorist organisation at home. One could argue that kneecap could be directly or indirectly encouraging terrorist activity at home or inspiring people to follow in the PIRA’s footsteps via attitude. They also advocated for killing MPs.

    But somehow, the line is crossed when they display a flag of a foreign terrorist organisation halfway across the world.

    So the way the law is acting, it’s as if Kneecap is more likely to inspire Hezbollah to cause a terrorist attack instead of an Irish dissident at home. Which I think everyone can agree is ridiculous conclusion to make. But that’s the conclusion the law has seemed to made. Basically, something is up.

    Now, I’m not saying they should be prosecuted for their other material either. I’m just saying that this whole thing doesn’t make sense that the line is crossed on a foreign terrorist movement not relevant to us.

    Something is up.









  • Flax@feddit.uktoMemes@lemmy.mlCrowd size
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    5 days ago

    I wonder how this compares to the Coronation crowds for King Charles III. The mall and Buckingham palace was filled, although that’s probably not everybody. There was likely a lot of people lining the route of the parade as well, and also crowds watching public showings of the event