From: nobody@nowhere.com   
      
   On 1/10/2026 9:14 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   > On Jan 10, 2026 at 1:36:10 PM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/10/2026 2:02 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>   On Jan 10, 2026 at 8:09:24 AM PST, "moviePig"  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   On 1/9/2026 11:32 PM, BTR1701 wrote:   
   >>>>>     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"    
   nobody@nowhere.com>   
   >>>>>>>>>   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.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   You write:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>        "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."   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   That does sound clearly illegal.  Do you have a reputable cite?   
   >>>   
   >>>   Read up on the case of Alaa Abd el-Fattah.   
   >>   
   >>   From Wiki:   
   >>   
   >>      Abd El-Fattah wrote "Looking at the tweets now – the ones that were   
   >> not completely twisted out of their meaning – I do understand how   
   >> shocking and hurtful they are, and for that I unequivocally apologise".   
   >   
   > Did Lucy Connelly get the chance to apologize for her tweets and just move on   
   > with her life? Nope. She got dumped in the clink for two years.   
   >   
   > But ol' Abd, he gets to just say, "Whoops! Sorry!" and the UK government   
   looks   
   > the other way.   
   >   
   > And if you believe that apology is sincere and he no longer feels that way, I   
   > have some bridges you might be interested in purchasing.   
      
   I allow that someone seems to have "made an example" of her.  Likewise,   
   the Muslim guy (whose apology was perhaps more a "bending of the knee")   
   seems to have benefited as different "example".   
      
      
   >> He said that tweets allegedly showing homophobia and Holocaust denial   
   >> were satires of such attitudes, and that he had fought for Egypt's LGBT   
   >> and religious minority communities. The Government considered his   
   >> apology "fairly fulsome".   
   >>   
   >> Obviously, his public contrition is unconvincing.  But it's enough to   
   >> muddy the waters for a government ostensibly prioritizing freedoms.   
      
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