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The pathetic remnants of an exploitative empire on their downwards spiral into fascism.
This government will not rest until Nigel Farage lives at number 10.
Once again the /r/worldNews thread on this is a cesspool
"These morons, don't they know they threw paint into a plane engine?! Arrest them all, Israel has a right to defend itself!"
/r/worldNews is the hangout of authoritarians and fascists.
Usually what happens when any other option is banned from the sub
Proudly banned from that cesspool
Rookie numbers. Crank that shit up. Choke the entire system across the entire country.
The people using force to try and scare the rest into complying with their ideology aren't the ones being booked for Terrorism.
How long they been building out that capacity?
It is intolerable that those whose job it is to enforce the law and keep people safe
"Keep people safe" defending the extermination of a group of people in the Middle East.
thanks for keeping London safe by arresting terrorist pensioners
...and keep people safe – in this case arresting individuals committing offences under the Terrorism Act...
Ah yes, everyone is much safer now.
(Back in my day, being a terrorist actually meant something. Way to water down the term.)
"Terrorist" means "against the interests of the state". In a democracy, the state is the people. In absolutistic systems, the state is the Elites.
Guess what?
In what country was the state the people, ever?
Smaller democracies. The bigger it gets, the more specialized politicians get, the less they network with non-politicians.
Switzerland does have full-time politicians. It's not that small of a country.
Claire Smart is protecting genocidalists, and thus is a genocisalist. Being spat at, kicked and punched is a lot better than being a child starved then shot when queuing up for some calories in the form of raw flour. She should be grateful.
Keir Starmer is a Zionist authoritarian who takes his orders from the israeli ambassador.
First day on the job for a Home Secretary that says she as an ardent supporter of Palestine and has challenged previous government ministers to recognise Palestinian statehood.
What's she going to do now that she has the power to effect change?
Claire would be pushing people into the showers and complaining that they looked at her funny before she closed the airtight door.
As serious as the situation is, the blind guy holding his sign upside down gave me a chuckle.
Good on him though.