OccamsRazer

Not sure why the knee jerk hate on this one. I like the idea of opening up academic articles and other materials for free and open use.

I think the big beautiful bill was a bigger betrayal to the Trump faithful than anything war related. Epstein files are the biggest so far though.

Oh fun, I remember this quote from during covid.

Looks a bit like this one.

The UK government apparently thinks that Palestine action is a much bigger threat than the anti vaxxers, but that isn't really the point. Why don't you just admit that you are an authoritarian and you only care about authoritarianism when it's used against you and your preferred causes?

Dang I gotta really spell it out for you. The government makes classifications of crimes that can be applied and then used to shut down speech that they don't like. That is what they did with the anti vaxxers and that is also what they've done with Palestine action. If you allow them to use tools like this, then eventually they will use it against something you believe in. Public nuisance is a whole lot less serious of a crime compared to terrorism, but the end result, or the goal anyway, is the same; shut down people who give voice and advertise causes they believe in if the government doesn't like them. Additionally, these tools of the government change hands as the parties in power change. Authoritarianism is dangerous no matter who it is used against and needs to constantly kept in check or eventually it will be used against you.

What do you mean? The UK has had a list of terrorists for a long time and if you support them then you can be arrested. "These laws have always been on the books."

My goal is to raise my kids to be productive members of society and to be happy and better off than I am, including planning for their retirement so as not to be a burden on others. If I rely on my kids to take care of me, then that undermines the message of self reliance that I want to teach. On the other hand, if I fall on hard times or health issues or whatever, then I hope that they care enough about me and that I've instilled in them values of charity, empathy and so on such that they would want to care for me.

Yes that is the very problematic and dangerous mechanism by which they stifle free speech, and you won't care until Palestine action people are similarly charged. Which is my entire point.

Yes, they also expressed those views...

I was asking if he thought they should

Yeah? Do you think that should be punishable with jail time?