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In 6 hours it will be illegal to say "I support Palestine Action" in the UK, with a sentence of up to 14 years in prison. (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] LadyButterfly@lemmy.world 24 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

It's important to remember that the headline refers to the group Palestine action, which has carried out vandalisation of historical pieces, occupations of property, destruction etc (see here). So it's a group that fits the UK definition of an extremist group.

Some political groups (or even branches of them) can be political cults trapping members with coercive control It's not always idealistic well meaning people. The court that decreed them an unlawful group will have seen a lot of info we didn't.

I think we need to look deeper than the headline

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 11 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's important to remember that the headline refers to the group Palestine action

Coming into this thread, thinking that you couldn't legally support Palestine in the UK anymore, I feel like the headline was just a bit misleading.

[–] LadyButterfly@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Yep it's total clickbait, it's bordering on misinformation

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (2 children)

By that very definition the US insurrectionists should be reintroduced to jail

[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 hours ago

Double Jeopardy. You need to get them for something else... Not that it would be hard to find something, I guess

[–] LadyButterfly@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I'd personally class that as terrorism. And they absolutely should be in jail.