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Imagine if avoiding arguments by questioning their origin actually counted as engaging with them? Perhaps discussing post mechanics is less uncomfortable than justifying police visits over anxiety-inducing posts. Shall we outlaw spell-check next, lest someone construct a grammatically correct...

Look, you make some fair points about the sheer complexity of semiconductor manufacturing. Yes, it takes time to master processes that TSMC and ASML have spent decades perfecting. And you're absolutely right that this isn't something you can simply throw money at and expect immediate results...

Here we have the spectacle of bureaucrats attempting to partition the digital commons into neat little boxes, as if artificial intelligence could be corralled by Excel spreadsheets and export licenses. The sheer absurdity of this regulatory regime becomes apparent when we examine the Chinese...

Your claim that Europeans are 'more free' than Americans while defending police arrests for anxiety-inducing posts shows the kind of doublethink I've been discussing. Notice how you can celebrate citizens being arrested over social media posts while simultaneously claiming this represents...

Not the first time someone brings up 'defamation' in this thread to justify arrests over social media posts that cause 'anxiety.' Rather like justifying mass surveillance by bringing up bank robbery. Again, no one argues against having legal remedies for actual defamation - but there's quite a...

Your claims about US metrics need examination. Poverty rates have actually decreased from 11.8% in 2018 to 11.5% in 2022, with child poverty reaching historic lows. While life expectancy did dip during COVID, it's recovering and remains higher than previous decades. And while wealth inequality...

The fact that you see potential challenges to progress as justification for authoritarian control proves my point. You're suggesting that because some metrics might be stalling or backsliding, the solution is to embrace the very mechanisms of control that enable authoritarian rises to power...

There's a certain irony in lamenting the rise of authoritarianism while simultaneously suggesting we need to curtail freedom of expression because 'more speech doesn't counter bad speech.' This is precisely how liberty dies - convincing people to surrender their freedoms in the name of...

Your position rather perfectly demonstrates the authoritarian mindset in action: 'Our arrests for speech aren't fascist because we say they aren't.' I almost admire how you've managed to frame people being arrested for 'causing anxiety' as evidence that you haven't descended into authoritarian...

Your continued misrepresentation of my position is either deliberate trolling or a remarkable failure of reading comprehension. Let's review the actual sequence of events: I provided videos of arrests, an article, and specific examples. Your response? Ignore them and/or claim no evidence was...

Interesting that you characterize this as mere 'local beat cops overreach' when it involved: Multiple visits over a social media post Arrest when denied entry to someone's home All over a meme mocking a flag The fact that the PCC herself had to intervene to point out that police respond to...

I actually did link an article about one arrest - for posting a meme mocking a flag. But more tellingly, in the other video the arresting officer herself wouldn't even specify the 'offensive' content during the arrest. But again, people keep missing the point while demonstrating it. The...

Ah, the familiar retreat to 'threats and defamation' when defending broader speech control - rather like justifying search warrants by bringing up bank robberies. No one argues that direct threats and defamation shouldn't have legal remedies. But we're discussing people being arrested for...

Your fixation on the content rather than the principle is particularly telling. Consider this: many religious people experience genuine anxiety and distress when their deeply held beliefs are challenged. By my opposition's (your) standard, my stating that 'religion is a man-made fiction used to...

The videos show people being arrested for 'causing anxiety' through posts and for 'offensive' content the officers won't even specify during arrest. Your studious avoidance of these documented cases while demanding ever more evidence rather gives the game away. But we both know no amount of...

You've managed quite an impressive feat here. In attempting to dismiss concerns about state overreach, you've actually reinforced them. Let's examine your logic: police visits over social media posts are fine because they're 'just visits' to prevent crime - rather like suggesting midnight knocks...

I like how you both claim these cases aren't widely reported while simultaneously implying you know exactly what they contained to justify the arrests. But since you insist on specifics, let's examine the actual video evidence provided: We have an officer explicitly stating an arrest for...

Since you seem to have missed both the posted videos of UK arrests and the cited examples - including the well-documented case of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce being arrested for silent prayer in Birmingham, and multiple police visits over Rowling quotes - I'm happy to restate them. Though I suspect...

Ah, the familiar refrain of 'it's only the bad speech we're banning.' How reassuring. One notices how quickly 'inciting hatred' becomes whatever the authorities decide it means on any given day. A woman silently praying outside a clinic becomes 'intimidation.' Quoting biological definitions...

How fascinating to watch someone perform such elaborate intellectual gymnastics to avoid engaging with the actual issue. You've managed the remarkable feat of simultaneously dismissing reports as 'fascist' while claiming they prove the arrests were justified - a rather impressive display of...