The incident described is awful and yet it worries me that such speech is now a crime in the UK. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/nov/03/deputy-leader-britain-first-guilty-over-verbal-abuse-muslim-woman-jayda-fransen-hijab …
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Judge:“In other words, offensive, insulting, abusive and, in my judgment, intended to cause offence and alarm and distress to her religion.”
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"distress to her religion" Is that a crime now in the UK?
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Don't get me wrong - I *despise* this type of rhetoric and little question this guy was harassing this poor woman.
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Also, I don't know the full details of the case or have knowledge of the law. I don't want to get all self-righteous on limited information.
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5:08 PM - 3 Nov 2016
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