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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (21 children)

I'm not living in uk, i live in italy. I saw every kind of comment written on italian social networks and i have never seen a conviction. When the police had taken the names of protesters, ( not arrested ) we had a public outcry. We had arrest for direct call for violence, not simply rants. So seeing people jailed for rants on twitter scares me. We have actual fascists and communists, both parties were strong, and we had an actual civil war. We have strong linguistic minorities and regional parties. So a lot of people hating each other. Who decide the right speech in such a situation?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I have some bad news for you. There is no right answer

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

And normaly it is very difficult to be comdemned for a generic rant. It is easier in case of insults or defamtion, but it is mostly an high fee. Jailing a political adversary for a speech ( when we had a lot of political/mafia killing in the past ) is a big no. We had actual people killed for their speech.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That movie director that got killed 50 years ago is a wild story.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, i think you talk about Peppino Impastato , he was killed cause he joked about mafia.

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