Pot, kettle. Upon discussing things further, the evidence I found completely supports my point.
> That’s an idiotic comment given I’ve listed plenty of issues with the UK already.
Wow, resorting to insults. Nice. I should probably point out that's against the HN guidelines.
The issues you listed are different types of issues. You're going out of your way to deny the issue we are discussing is an issue.
> The literal one point I’m defending is that the police don’t arrest you for thought crimes / posting memes online.
Not arrested, but they show up to intimidate which itself is the problem.
> And the reason I’m defending the government on that one point is because it’s flat out wrong and those who claim otherwise are spouting ignorant horseshit.
Seems your defending against a strawman and not the actual issue being discussed.
> Bullshit. You’re the one making comparisons and claiming the UK is the worst offender. Then when evidence is shared about how the UK isn’t you ignore it.
It's not bullshit, and subsequent discussion and investigation has only strengthened my point.
I don't ignore anything, it's just that the evidence presented doesn't support your position.
Thought crime policing is still going on as of 2024, and 25% of the roughly 13,000 "non hate crime incidents", many of which are thought crimes, were incorrectly reported. [0]
Jesus, they recorded an issue as a hate incident because someone didn't want to shake hands. Ignoring and excusing that is akin to burying your head in the sand IMO.
> Are you sure it’s not yourself who’s suffering from tribalism?
Reasonably, since I'm not resorting to insults and strawmen.
[0] https://theweek.com/crime/nchis-the-controversy-over-non-cri...