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UK Gvmt Say Mask Wearing At Protests Will Soon Be Illegal (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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"Protesters who wear masks could face arrest, up to a month in jail and a £1,000 fine under proposed measures that human rights campaigners claim are pandering to “culture war nonsense”.

Police in England and Wales will be given the power to arrest people if they are wearing face coverings at specific demonstrations, the Home Office has said."

Been a bad 18 months or so for privacy in the UK. Online Safety Bill passed, the right to take strike action curtailed, people in receipt of benefits (including disabled people) will soon (as from 2025) have their bank accounts open to the government, the right to protest curtailed and now this.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Someone tell the 1066 Normans they were actually born in England.

Oh, and the Romans.

Oh, and the Saxons.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh you mean the guys who literally invaded? I don't think you're helping your case.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, I see.

You don't care about the truth.

It all makes sense now.

So when you said the UK isn't a nation of migrants you knew you were wrong?

Some people actually aren't afraid of history, to the despair of conservatives worldwide.

Also, what a fun admission that Europeans invaded the Americas. I'm sure you'll be logically consistent there.

[+] [email protected] -11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just to be clear on your logic, you think migrants are invaders, and that we should welcome them with open arms?

Well yeah, Europeans invaded America. Didn't go well for the natives.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

No, my logic is that we have a self-selecting population of highly motivated and ambitious people who want to be Americans.

To turn them away is foolish if you care about the economic and cultural wealth of the nation.

And you still haven't clarified what "traditional values" are opposed to immigrants; even the fucking Romans welcomed people into their citizenry.