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JK Rowling slams Graham Linehan’s arrest at Heathrow (www.heraldscotland.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

tbf what he did say was inciting violence. You cannot deny that

[–] G4Z@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (3 children)

I mean, is it not the same vein as when we say you should punch a nazi?

Now I mean obviously, he's wrong and all the rest of it, but I don't think these kinds of hypotheticals are calls for violence.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The main difference is the Linham has a history that means it's probably not a hypothetical. He's already appearing in court on the fourth for harassing a trans woman and breaking her phone.

[–] G4Z@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

The whole tweet was a hypothetical scenario.

If he's harassing somebody, then that is a separate matter.

I'm not condoning his opinions, I don't agree with him, but I think we should all consider how this might apply to the things we have the freedom to say here (something I am very much in favour of keeping).

[–] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

~~Punch~~ bayonet

-- my grandfather

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Hope his hand was ok afterwards!

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I think we should shoot nazis. Primarily because they are traitors to King and Country.

I do not think the "punch a nazi" thing was every hypothetical