It seems many of these countries that have gone further left introduce laws against free speech. See: the UK.
Sweden now famously has a very right-wing party in its ruling coalition.
Tell HN: Sweden has its first arrest against a man for "insult against official"
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Being reported as maybe. But incitement and abuse has always been illegal and doesn't have much to do with freedom of speech. E.g. see Bob Vylan at glasto calling for death of people... is that really what we want? OK it's no where near as bad as actually killing people, but it's still not ideal!
>Bob Vylan at glasto calling for death of people... is that really what we want? Yes, I want people to be able to say "Death to the IDF" (or death to Hamas for that matter).
The organisation or the people?
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#13I feel like every UK building and most private companies have a sign saying something like "we take insults and abuse very seriously and will prosecute etc etc". I always see this in hospitals, civic buildings etc so assumed it's already part of normal law in the UK. Is there a reason you find this particularly disturbing? Not sure what the penalty is.
> Is there a reason you find this particularly disturbing?
It's contrary to the human right of freedom of speech. It's bad for all the same reasons that lèse-majesté laws are, but is even worse because its scope is so much broader.
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#14It seems many of these countries that have gone further left introduce laws against free speech. See: the UK.
That's not it. This illiberalism under a far-right government.