From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Jan 9, 2026 at 7:38:39 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
      
   > On 1/9/2026 7:20 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>  On Jan 9, 2026 at 2:21:03 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>  On 1/9/2026 3:52 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>    On Jan 9, 2026 at 12:29:50 PM PST, "moviePig"    
   wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>    On 1/9/2026 2:46 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>>      The United Arab Emirates announced that they will cut government   
   >>>>>>  funding for   
   >>>>>>      citizens who wish to study in the United Kingdom out of fear that   
   >>>>>> Emirati   
   >>>>>>      students may be radicalized by Muslim Brotherhood members on   
   British   
   >>>>>>      campuses.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>      An Arab state now considers Britain such a dangerous hotbed of   
   Islamist   
   >>>>>>      radicalization that it affects their national security.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>    Specifically, the UAE seems to be targeting the Muslim Brotherhood,   
   who   
   >>>>>    seeks the ascendancy of a pure Islamist state ...including in the UAE.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>    Which the UK government is literally doing nothing about. Hell, they're   
   >>>>    intentionally and actively making the problem worse with their mass   
   >>>>  3rd-world   
   >>>>    immigration policies.   
   >>>   
   >>>  Unless the Brotherhood advocates illegality, I don't see how the UK can   
   >>>  censure without appearing to censor.  (I suspect the UAE doesn't care.)   
   >>   
   >>  The same way they're prosecuting all the white native Brits for tweets and   
   >>  comments, claiming they "foment racial hatred" or "cause offense".   
   >>   
   >>  There are imams directly calling for the overthrow of the UK government and   
   >>  the killing of Jews and Christians and they're left alone. Not even a visit   
   >>  from the police, let alone a prosecution or deportation.   
   >>   
   >>  But if you're a native Brit and you say, "Fuck Hamas!" on Facebook, you're   
   >>  thrown in prison. Hell, some native Brits have been arrested merely for   
   >> saying   
   >>  they like bacon. But the Muslims? If you report them for far more serious   
   >>  things like threatening your life, let alone offending you, the police drop   
   >> it   
   >>  the moment they realize the suspect is brown, migrant, or Muslim. They'll   
   >>  literally tell you, "Sorry, those people are protected."   
   >   
   > So as not to compare apples to oranges, it'd be helpful to see (which I   
   > haven't) a wriggle-free instance equivalent to "Fuck Judaism" being   
   > punished while "Fuck Islam" isn't.  Both seem unequivocally hate speech.   
      
   Except the case in question wasn't "Fuck Islam", it was "Fuck Hamas". A group   
   which the UK government itself designates a terrorist organization. So here we   
   have the UK locking up one of its own citizens for insulting a bunch of   
   terrorists. It's literally illegal to hurt the feelings of terrorists in the   
   UK.   
      
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