angiethewitch:

rumaan:

If you want to know how it’s going in the UK then ppl are getting arrested for expressing a desire to abolish the monarchy. Yes, we’re a totally normal country that believes in free speech…

this is because we don’t actually have free speech. we have freedom of expression, which means basically we are allowed to protest and say what we want, but if legal forces say it is immoral (and everyone’s morals differ), it’s not legally protected. we do not have legally protected freedom of speech in the uk. this is what I mean when I say the uk is fascist.

legal systems can say protesting the monarchy is immoral and a public nuisance and we can be arrested for it.