The Queer Scottish Yiddish anarchist community would rise up in protest at this, except two of them were drunk, one was on a train and the other one was the cafe owner.
And anyone who might have supported them have long since been branded as far right extremists and had their voice taken away by the these very same laws that they themselves had probably supported wanted .... Ah well
Bruh what you mean NWA originaly had the government trying to shut them down for making that "F the police" song far before conservatives became the party of "free speech advocacy" lmao if anything it's the other way around and yall are only caring now that it affects you
What on earth did you think hate speech laws were meant to do? Gradually they become “any speech the government finds offensive” ie “dissent against the authorities” becomes criminal. This was one of the conclusions in the US that lead to the refusal to acknowledge hate speech as legally existing. Which continues to fucking infuriate me that Silicon Valley gets away with imposing hate speech rules when they’re based in the US and such a thing legally does not exist.
Gotta love how the guy tries to gaslight us like "Those right wing free speech culture warriors could never imagine that expressing an opinion could one day be criminalised" like bitch that's our main talking point
So...I'm a cop in the US and this is insanity. People should absolutely be allowed to say whatever the hell they want, most especially about the government. These kind of people were warned for years that their behavior would bite them in the ass and they disregarded the warnings.
Born and raised in Scotland. It's difficult to get other Americans to understand how this kind of insanity is possible. Born British, proud American by choice. God Bless the First Amendment.😎
@@landonmiller6943 I just don't get it. Over here this shit would result in Tim Pool finally getting his civil war. It just doesn't work in my head how so many people in the UK just roll over.
@@Hellhound23691 It's mainly because the UK has no written constitution, the laws are ambiguously written and subject to interpretation and continual "evolution". Also, UK institutions have been captured by a certain mindset that's of a very totalitarian bent. Although there are certain commonalities between the UK and the US there are also some deep cultural differences, e.g. the right to keep and bear arms as codified by the Second Amendment. God Bless the USA, Home of the Free, Land of the Brave.
@@___-cp6or The barrier to amending the US Constition is set very, very high. You either invoke Article V or call for a Constitutional Convention, and there's only been one of those = the CC that formulated the original document. With Article V you need super majorities in both the Senate and the House and 3/4 of the state legislatures signing on. As the late and great SCJ Antonin Scalia said, paraphrasing, "constitutions that can easily be changed and cannot be enforced are not worth the paper they're printed on". Unlike here in the US, UK courts cannot override Parliament, since Parliament is Sovereign and always gets the last word.
Seriously how they hell could *anyone* not see this coming?! Who did think was arresting people for hate speech?! It's mind blowing how stupid someone has to be to think "I think we should give the police the power to arrest people for speech, but also f the police!"
It's almost like when you give people in a position of power the authority to clamp down on "offensive" speech, it'll only a matter of time before any criticism against said people is considered "offensive." The sad part is, these people probably still won't have learned their lesson, but I suppose you can always hope.
@@knightasher1327 I'd wager the authoritarians who pushed for this wanted it normalized early on, thinking when it's their their turn to abuse power, no one would care.
I find the left always talk about being anti hate, and accuse their oppersition of being hateful, when in reality their whole world view is fuel by a deep hatred courseing through their vains. I believe the term for this is double think. This is but one example of it, as someone else on here stated, the useful idiots. The subversion and brain washing worked.
Well, I think we'll eventually get a critical mass of the ones that thought it was a good idea because they didn't want to see the "Not See" stuff they disagreed with. Shame that they have to be hoist by their own petard to get the message through.
A "Yiddish-communist". Apparently they never read Marx's opinions on Jewish people "How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin." ~ Ronald Regan
@@NeumaghAnon Yiddish is a culture. It has nothing to do with Communism apart from trying it and realizing it's a failed economic practice and chucking it in the trash where it belongs. That's why the communists hate Israel
@@allantidgwell5624 ah yes, taking two of the world's poorest countries before the 1930's, russia and china, and transforming them into the 20th and 21th century's second superpowers is definitely what failure looks like.
When the laws are loosely interpreted, they're liberally enforced. This is why people advocate for black and white laws, grey area can be too easily abused.
If a law is so nebulous it needs to be "interpreted" it should be an invalid law. "rubber laws" are made to turn the principle of "the rule of law" on its head and make us subject to the arbitrary rule of men.
10:52 - LOL! WHAT DID THEY THINK WE WERE IMAGINING?! In my case "being arrested for speaking against the state" is EXACTLY what I was worried about lol! Oh man.
Would've been great if she took it down, wrote the word 'Thought' in there to make it 'Thought Police' then hung it back up in their faces. Them taking it down then would've only validated the statement.
In Dutch "fokken" used to mean, or might still mean because I can speak Afrikaans, not Dutch, so I've been told but I don't actually know, to breed. Maybe that's where the sexual connotation came from
@@erraticuk if just throw hands with them they’re women I’d utterly overpower them at 6’3 batter them with their own equipment cuff them thencar keys steal a squad car after that Idc what happens I’ve won 😂😂😂
*Pro tip:* An easy way to tell apart Hebrew from Yiddish is *the presence of diacritical marks.* In Hebrew you only find diacritical marks in books for children, to more easily tell how a word is pronounced. Someone who reads well doesn't need them. In Yiddish you'll always see a few diacritical marks because the Hebrew Hebrew alphabet doesn't quite cover everything needed for a Germanic language like Yiddish.
Not gonna lie, these cafe owners seem like truly insufferable people. They shouldn't had their gay bag taken away or anything, just that I would be very happy never having to interact with any of them in real life or elsewhere.
17 year old ANTIFA on Twitter: “I’m soo oppressed! I yelled slurs at a cop or 30 minutes at a protest that turned into a riot and he didn’t even look at me! Ugh!” 🎩 🐍 no step on snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰
Could you imagine sitting down to watch Caption Picard fight for Data's Fundamental Rights as a Sentient Being. Only to have police show-up force their way in arrest you and take your property for speech.
Pay what you can sounds like exactly the business model I want everywhere. I'd think it only really works in a place with UBI, but if it works for them and they can get around people trying to abuse it that's great.
When I read the title I felt sympathy but after seeing what the shop owners are like I think they got exactly what they deserved. You made your bed. Lie in it.
There's no way I could be a cop if I found out a "queer Yiddish anarchist pay-what-you-can Cafe" was moving into the area, my first thought would be to start a pool betting on when it goes out of business on its own with no help at all.
@@lutylives1852 Since when has being a communist ever stopped communists from taking advantage of capitalism? I've lost count of how many communists have iPhones.
@@monkeydetonation They've opened a coffee shop and are selling various products on their website? I mean, that's the definition of capitalism, no? The iPhone part was to show that even hardcore communists still like their trendy mobile phones and clearly aren't that committed to their own cause. How many North Koreans do you see with iPhones?
Never stop talking. No matter the cost. That's how you solve this. I'm 100% ready and willing to become a political dissident. It's not the fate I would've chosen for myself, but I refuse to live on my knees.
I just feel so warm, pink and fluffy inside, when I see news like this. They wanted it and now gov is giving it and because some unknown cold, of unknown origins, they are doing it without the spit on the batons.
Oh come on. I really doubt the cops saw it and decided to tell them it was hate speech. They wouldn't have bothered with something so trivial unless idiot Karen-types had been calling in complaining about it! ... and of course they WOULD call!
Someone reported it as a Breach of The Peace, basically meaning it hurt their feelings and they didn't like it, however I'm sure the cops made th at up
I was slapped in the face at a “pay as you feel” restaurant in Australia for wearing a MAGA hat. Reported the assault that was on camera, but the police did nothing.
Ah, I'm familiar with them. Couldn't have happened to a nicer collective of intersectionalist zealot fantasists. Despite the fact that they'd never stand with me, I still stand with them.
Doesnt the display of the bag make it completely necessary? If the police can charge you for insulting their resolve it only exaggerates the need for the bag to exist. Edit, i have said this before, report politicians for causing offences to the police every time they cause offence.
Anarchist kind of implies pro-free speech though, doesn't it? Getting the government involved in your day to day life is pretty contradictory to anarchism
Pretty sure owning a store is also counter productive to anarchism. Like there is a ton of paperwork and zoning laws and what have you involved in running a business.
Problem is that the cops (who don't know the law) misheard and thought that "Assaulting an Officer" was "Insulting an Officer" andso they thought they could arrest anyone who hurt their feelings
its truly worrying that these folks STILL can not understand that what they claim is far right is not the evil they have been brainwashed into believing.
We have had a similar Law in the past.....it had to do with the charge of being a heretic........They burned those guys....After torturing them until they confessed.Heretics were deemed very offensive too it seems.
People were warned of the corruption of socialist society. You DO NOT get a voice in socialism. The government does. Why do you think the government is all to willing to jump on that bandwagon?
The offence of BoP (under Scots law) would not cover this incident as BoP required a riotous and disorderly element. They are more likely being charged with a contravention of Section 38 of the criminal licensing and Scotland act 2010. That covers threatening and abusive behaviour. There are issues in this case that didn’t make sense.
The Queer Scottish Yiddish anarchist community would rise up in protest at this, except two of them were drunk, one was on a train and the other one was the cafe owner.
Strangely, the numbers diminished even further when the now ex-members heard news of the arrest...
And anyone who might have supported them have long since been branded as far right extremists and had their voice taken away by the these very same laws that they themselves had probably supported wanted .... Ah well
Intersectionality at its finest.
Wow.... Queer, Scottish Yiddish... I don't even believe in either of their gods but I'm 1000% sure that dude is going to hell. 😶
They were all too busy being oppressed and being lynched in parliament.
Is it classless to say "I told you so" to all these crazy people that called for this brand of authoritarianism?
classless ... ok you got a like for that.
Personally, I prefer spinning in my chair, giving everyone the bird while saying “fuck you I was right.”
They make up and redefine words as they go. Anything is possible. Most definitely at your expense.
@@Snakedude4life So Razorfist has another alt besides styx
@@chriscormac231
I live in Florida, The much better State.
10 years later:
"I rate my experience with the police 4/5 stars"
"Right, you're coming with us mate"
Yo man, you've accidentally put a zero in your "a year later".
"And then they came for me."
"but of course I would never advocate for that alt right neo fascist 'free speech' "
@LordMightyTrousers very soon
Bruh what you mean NWA originaly had the government trying to shut them down for making that "F the police" song far before conservatives became the party of "free speech advocacy" lmao if anything it's the other way around and yall are only caring now that it affects you
@@cyber-bully5063 found the antifa member someone might wanna report the domestic terrorist to the FBI before he has a chance to strike again!!
Police Scotland is a law unto itself, when it's not being the private security lapdog of the SNP.
What on earth did you think hate speech laws were meant to do? Gradually they become “any speech the government finds offensive” ie “dissent against the authorities” becomes criminal. This was one of the conclusions in the US that lead to the refusal to acknowledge hate speech as legally existing. Which continues to fucking infuriate me that Silicon Valley gets away with imposing hate speech rules when they’re based in the US and such a thing legally does not exist.
Homer, be careful
Scottish police will probably arrest the Scottish goalkeeper who got chipped by a shot from the halfway line ⚽😫
Like George square aye?
@@Doughboy842 like at George square?oh,,, wait
Queer *Yiddish* anarchist, oh man they are truly avant garde! That's so 2022.
Not familiar with Weimar-era Berlin are you?
@@Nick-X Yeah, and how'd that end up for them lmao
Gotta love how the guy tries to gaslight us like "Those right wing free speech culture warriors could never imagine that expressing an opinion could one day be criminalised" like bitch that's our main talking point
They are the embodiment of the meme where person A says "I made this", gives the thing to person B, then B says "I made this".
Remember when free speech advocates were all lefty anti-authority types? That was what... only 20, 30 years ago?
@@childofthedarkrat yup
@@childofthedarkrat it's always the opposite of who is in control so yeah
This
So...I'm a cop in the US and this is insanity. People should absolutely be allowed to say whatever the hell they want, most especially about the government. These kind of people were warned for years that their behavior would bite them in the ass and they disregarded the warnings.
Born and raised in Scotland.
It's difficult to get other Americans to understand how this kind of insanity is possible.
Born British, proud American by choice.
God Bless the First Amendment.😎
@@landonmiller6943 I just don't get it. Over here this shit would result in Tim Pool finally getting his civil war. It just doesn't work in my head how so many people in the UK just roll over.
@@Hellhound23691 It's mainly because the UK has no written constitution, the laws are ambiguously written and subject to interpretation and continual "evolution". Also, UK institutions have been captured by a certain mindset that's of a very totalitarian bent.
Although there are certain commonalities between the UK and the US there are also some deep cultural differences, e.g. the right to keep and bear arms as codified by the Second Amendment.
God Bless the USA, Home of the Free, Land of the Brave.
Scotland is closer to North Korea than the USA in political terms.
@@___-cp6or The barrier to amending the US Constition is set very, very high.
You either invoke Article V or call for a Constitutional Convention, and there's only been one of those = the CC that formulated the original document.
With Article V you need super majorities in both the Senate and the House and 3/4 of the state legislatures signing on.
As the late and great SCJ Antonin Scalia said, paraphrasing, "constitutions that can easily be changed and cannot be enforced are not worth the paper they're printed on".
Unlike here in the US, UK courts cannot override Parliament, since Parliament is Sovereign and always gets the last word.
"No one in this country is free anymore!"
-Dutch Van Der Linde
I got a plan Arthur
"We successfully fixed fictional law enforcement abuse by giving them absolute power to abuse us for real!"
We need money Arthur
ArThUr We NeEd MoNeY tO fArM mAnGoEs iN tAhItI
Arthur, Lenny wants to have a drink with you.
What a surprise, it came for them too shame nobody warned them for years
and they STILL haven't learned a damn thing, in fact they refuse to.
Seriously how they hell could *anyone* not see this coming?! Who did think was arresting people for hate speech?!
It's mind blowing how stupid someone has to be to think "I think we should give the police the power to arrest people for speech, but also f the police!"
It's almost like when you give people in a position of power the authority to clamp down on "offensive" speech, it'll only a matter of time before any criticism against said people is considered "offensive." The sad part is, these people probably still won't have learned their lesson, but I suppose you can always hope.
@@knightasher1327 I'd wager the authoritarians who pushed for this wanted it normalized early on, thinking when it's their their turn to abuse power, no one would care.
I find the left always talk about being anti hate, and accuse their oppersition of being hateful, when in reality their whole world view is fuel by a deep hatred courseing through their vains. I believe the term for this is double think. This is but one example of it, as someone else on here stated, the useful idiots. The subversion and brain washing worked.
These speech laws won't be be abused. Trust us we wouldn't abuse these sweeping new power's
"i love democracy"
@@arthurmorgan2861 Every other political system has that built right in.
The police person is stunning and brave, stunning and brave.
They are queering the law.
Two in the stunning, one in the brave
@@TheJohnsorenson Nah mate, One in the stunning, two in the brave. Don't misgender them ffs! Less of the TERF agenda based presumptions. 😈😈😈
@@curbyourshi1056 don't tell me how many I can have in my brave, bigot
Courageous
I agree that they also have freedom of speech...
But they also deserve a "we told you so" along with their rights.
Well, I think we'll eventually get a critical mass of the ones that thought it was a good idea because they didn't want to see the "Not See" stuff they disagreed with. Shame that they have to be hoist by their own petard to get the message through.
A "Yiddish-communist". Apparently they never read Marx's opinions on Jewish people
"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin.
And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."
~ Ronald Regan
he would then go on to demonstrate he neither read nor understood either in other statements.
Pro Muslim Jewish troon Britcom.
They just like suffering.
Man why hyphenate the same word
@@NeumaghAnon Yiddish is a culture. It has nothing to do with Communism apart from trying it and realizing it's a failed economic practice and chucking it in the trash where it belongs. That's why the communists hate Israel
@@allantidgwell5624 ah yes, taking two of the world's poorest countries before the 1930's, russia and china, and transforming them into the 20th and 21th century's second superpowers is definitely what failure looks like.
Haven’t they got actual criminals to deal with?
No, grapists are free to roam thebritain all day long.
But say a mean thing, that life in the gulag.
Yes they have real criminals
No they don’t want to police them
You are acting like they aren't already working as law enforcement.
They aren't trained to deal with real crimes, with all the racial sensitivity training they go through
No, that would require actual work.
"First they came for Count Dankula and I did not speak out..."
When the laws are loosely interpreted, they're liberally enforced. This is why people advocate for black and white laws, grey area can be too easily abused.
If a law is so nebulous it needs to be "interpreted" it should be an invalid law.
"rubber laws" are made to turn the principle of "the rule of law" on its head and make us subject to the arbitrary rule of men.
"You got a license for that tote bag?"
"Some comrades stopped him from painting our window "
Wait, do you believe in property rights or not? Anarchist my hoop.
Maybe theyre ancap?
@@oz_jones when ancaps call people comrades, hell would of frozen over
@@oz_jones Good god please do not call these waste of oxygen fake anarchist lefties 'ancaps' again!
@@lutylives1852 Why do they even get oxygen rights?! Those people should pay for oxygen!
10:52 - LOL! WHAT DID THEY THINK WE WERE IMAGINING?! In my case "being arrested for speaking against the state" is EXACTLY what I was worried about lol! Oh man.
Would've been great if she took it down, wrote the word 'Thought' in there to make it 'Thought Police' then hung it back up in their faces. Them taking it down then would've only validated the statement.
I just love that you now have stores in Scotland called Pink Peacock.
Well the Blue Ostrich was already shut down for free thought who knows what will replace the hateful racist Pink Peacock.
@@VioletDeathRei the Green Hornet?
@@AEsir_Goji The Blue Bottle
Soon a Blue Oyster Bar location
@@VioletDeathRei Blue Waffle House
"It's an Anglo-Saxon word 'fuck', it means spreading of seed". - H.M. Queen Elizabeth II
In Dutch "fokken" used to mean, or might still mean because I can speak Afrikaans, not Dutch, so I've been told but I don't actually know, to breed. Maybe that's where the sexual connotation came from
@@BosmanHa Afrikaans always sounds to me like how toddlers speak Dutch lol.
@@DeZ556 Lol There's a case to be made for that.
@Goody Slypork Cite?
They were not sure it was a crime, but seized private property anyway.
Am I crazy for thinking a picture would have counted as evidence.
Both cops female, one is a poc.
Exactly what you would expect to find in scotland...
@@erraticuk if just throw hands with them they’re women I’d utterly overpower them at 6’3 batter them with their own equipment cuff them thencar keys steal a squad car after that Idc what happens I’ve won 😂😂😂
Even Orwell would be surprised at this
*Pro tip:*
An easy way to tell apart Hebrew from Yiddish is *the presence of diacritical marks.*
In Hebrew you only find diacritical marks in books for children, to more easily tell how a word is pronounced. Someone who reads well doesn't need them.
In Yiddish you'll always see a few diacritical marks because the Hebrew Hebrew alphabet doesn't quite cover everything needed for a Germanic language like Yiddish.
A song comes to mind : *how much is the gestapo in the window?*
The one with that identifies as female
When you self-identify as a unicorn, and advertise your cafe as unicorn friendly.
I personally identify as an apache helicopter.
I identify as a non-binary, gender-fluid, pansexual palm tree and I use zip/zap pronouns.
- nobody cares about flying horses that are specifically not unicorns anymore. Bloody disgusting.
@@cannz9134 Pegasus malding rn
A man once said you will never take our freedom and Britain took that as a personal challenge
Not gonna lie, these cafe owners seem like truly insufferable people. They shouldn't had their gay bag taken away or anything, just that I would be very happy never having to interact with any of them in real life or elsewhere.
I disagree with what you have to say, but i will defend your right to say it to the death
another example of "yeah, I'll defend your right to free speech, but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna be smug as fuck about it"
Seriously ... Da F is going on in Scotland?? Been tellings these stories to my friends in Europe and they just laugh, they don't believe me...
My heart goes out to the queer Yiddish anarchist community. I really hope all four of them are okay.
I remember a certain black Pug with the name Bronson who responded to the saying on the Pink Peacock.
I wonder if the police realize this is exactly why that tote bag was made. 🤣
You know you're overly politicised when you turn a unifying issue into a jab at your political opponents
Gotta love how people think we're free yet we have laws like public order offences etc to twist to any situation as an excuse for an arrest.
So are we just going to remake the Hagrid meme, but with the text saying “I shouldn’t have thought that. I should not have thought that.”
The fire they stoked, consumed them.
Sounds like the Ryanair’s insult against the pope back in the day.
A fortunes worth of free advertising for some short term pain
Import the third world, give them positions of power and influence, you can expect third world corruption.
Fully Automated ❌
Luxury ✔️
Gay ✔️
Space ❌
Communism ✔️
Only two off lads.
It hasn't even opened its doors yet and the people already think its shit
That’s it, Nicola, I’m coming for ye.
Get the Claymores ready! Saor Alba! 🏴
17 year old ANTIFA on Twitter: “I’m soo oppressed! I yelled slurs at a cop or 30 minutes at a protest that turned into a riot and he didn’t even look at me! Ugh!”
🎩
🐍 no step on snek! 🇺🇸🇭🇰
Scotland is a major mess.
If only there had been people to let other people know about how government overreach is bad...
Could you imagine sitting down to watch Caption Picard fight for Data's Fundamental Rights as a Sentient Being.
Only to have police show-up force their way in arrest you and take your property for speech.
I wonder if ACAB applies to Star Trek security? Poor Worf.
The cafe should start selling the tote bags and just spread the word of its messege
i dont think the glasgow police knows about the barbra streisand effect.
Pay what you can sounds like exactly the business model I want everywhere. I'd think it only really works in a place with UBI, but if it works for them and they can get around people trying to abuse it that's great.
When I read the title I felt sympathy but after seeing what the shop owners are like I think they got exactly what they deserved. You made your bed. Lie in it.
There's no way I could be a cop if I found out a "queer Yiddish anarchist pay-what-you-can Cafe" was moving into the area, my first thought would be to start a pool betting on when it goes out of business on its own with no help at all.
My God man, is Scotland really getting this bad? I've seen the last few videos about people getting arrested for jokes.
Wait they haven't opened up yet? That must be why they're still in business.
If these people were smart, they'd use this whole incident to advertise the FTP tote bags and have a dedicated website or something just for the bag.
No you see capitalism bad that would be capitalism
@@lutylives1852 Since when has being a communist ever stopped communists from taking advantage of capitalism?
I've lost count of how many communists have iPhones.
@@haggismuncher735 How is getting scammed by a megacorp "taking advantage of capitalism"?
@@monkeydetonation They've opened a coffee shop and are selling various products on their website?
I mean, that's the definition of capitalism, no?
The iPhone part was to show that even hardcore communists still like their trendy mobile phones and clearly aren't that committed to their own cause.
How many North Koreans do you see with iPhones?
@@haggismuncher735 well that's a silly question because I've never seen any north koreans lol
Thought, 'Yay! Star Trek, they can't be all that bad'. Then thought, 'eww, it was probably Discovery'
Queer, Yiddish, anarchist, pay what you can? There is a joke in there somewhere
Good. Keep it coming. This isn’t extreme enough. They won’t learn from this.
It’s hard to stand up for these people when they’re the same people who’d stop me from speaking. How do you recommend dealing with this dank?
Never stop talking. No matter the cost. That's how you solve this.
I'm 100% ready and willing to become a political dissident. It's not the fate I would've chosen for myself, but I refuse to live on my knees.
Lead by example.
Remember kids, never advocate for any censorship, even for anything you hate or think is abhorrent. It will always come back for you.
the hell is happening in Scotland???
Communism
Hamsa-adolf-yusef and his "hate-speech" bill
The decline of democracy...
Love ya dank thanks for always giving the real news
I just feel so warm, pink and fluffy inside, when I see news like this. They wanted it and now gov is giving it and because some unknown cold, of unknown origins, they are doing it without the spit on the batons.
Pay what you can? I guess no one told them how horrendously that backfired when Panera tried that.
The Left - WE WANT LAWS AGAINST HATE SPEECH!
Also the Left - Wait... These rules apply to us as well?
*Plays Curb Your Enthusiasm theme.*
Everything within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state.
It's a good thing there is no 'real' crime in Glasgow
"Shoe, why have you foresaken me!?" -The Other Foot
Oh come on. I really doubt the cops saw it and decided to tell them it was hate speech. They wouldn't have bothered with something so trivial unless idiot Karen-types had been calling in complaining about it! ... and of course they WOULD call!
Someone reported it as a Breach of The Peace, basically meaning it hurt their feelings and they didn't like it, however I'm sure the cops made th at up
I was slapped in the face at a “pay as you feel” restaurant in Australia for wearing a MAGA hat. Reported the assault that was on camera, but the police did nothing.
Police Scotland: "Pick up that can."
"Good day chap, I certainly hope you've got a license to disrespect the government! No? Then in the name of the Queen, I'll have your head!"
I'm surprised the police didn't apologize and dance with rainbows. Must be England who does that.
Thank you for your service
Ah, I'm familiar with them. Couldn't have happened to a nicer collective of intersectionalist zealot fantasists. Despite the fact that they'd never stand with me, I still stand with them.
Rogerborg you pop up in the strangest places. Say hi to the lads at BCF for me.
Good auld Govanhill, a hotbed of controversy!!
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will make me call the police and get you arrested.
Doesnt the display of the bag make it completely necessary? If the police can charge you for insulting their resolve it only exaggerates the need for the bag to exist.
Edit, i have said this before, report politicians for causing offences to the police every time they cause offence.
Anarchist kind of implies pro-free speech though, doesn't it?
Getting the government involved in your day to day life is pretty contradictory to anarchism
Pretty sure owning a store is also counter productive to anarchism.
Like there is a ton of paperwork and zoning laws and what have you involved in running a business.
Problem is that the cops (who don't know the law) misheard and thought that "Assaulting an Officer" was "Insulting an Officer" andso they thought they could arrest anyone who hurt their feelings
To be fair they are the type of people who say "words can be violence" so...
I know you have principals, but as for me, Screw them. Let them get exactly what they asked for, as often as possible until they learn.
I'm sure them being arrested has certainly changed their mind
i love that tho only time they used the words "free speech" is when talking shit about right wingers. good job guys lol
its truly worrying that these folks STILL can not understand that what they claim is far right is not the evil they have been brainwashed into believing.
William Wallace would turn in his grave but he's a bit disconnected.
thats what the rumbling was under my house?
And Scotland wants independence still...
May I suggest that's a bad idea for the time being ?
Scotland lost its way when they got lost while sailing and they couldn’t pay their debts.
We have had a similar Law in the past.....it had to do with the charge of being a heretic........They burned those guys....After torturing them until they confessed.Heretics were deemed very offensive too it seems.
If only there had been another national socialist authoritarian regime to have warned us of how bad this kind of shit was.
i swear i've seen you around? extra credits yeah?
if they don't know if something is a crime... IT PROBABLY SHOULDNT BE ONE
SNP police poilcies you voted for this.
Pay what you can in Scottland...absolute madness.
People were warned of the corruption of socialist society. You DO NOT get a voice in socialism. The government does. Why do you think the government is all to willing to jump on that bandwagon?
You'd have a point if the UK was socialist. We currently don't have a voice under capitalism in the UK
The offence of BoP (under Scots law) would not cover this incident as BoP required a riotous and disorderly element. They are more likely being charged with a contravention of Section 38 of the criminal licensing and Scotland act 2010. That covers threatening and abusive behaviour.
There are issues in this case that didn’t make sense.
This is why you dont let them take your guns.
Time to get out of there brother. I'm thinking the same here in Aus. Florida looks better everyday.
The Police: Wot? You don't like us? You're under arrest!
People: *start hating the police more*
The Police: *surprised Pikachu*
people: fuck the police
the police: no u
people: surpirsed pikachu
"And then they came for me" - an example.