Just lately, a video of a person getting arrested for Fb posts within the UK made the social media rounds. Within the video, he wasn’t instructed that he had threatened violence or deliberate crimes. His posts have been mentioned to be hateful, and for that he was going to be drug out of his residence and brought in for prosecution.
The plain American response to this was the cyber equal of the center finger. As a result of individuals within the UK weren’t allowed to talk out in opposition to the police there with out concern of getting their doorways kicked in, Individuals picked up the slack. Some Individuals even recommended that drive needs to be used in opposition to the federal government within the UK to both get them to cease violating freedom of speech or to take away them from authorities completely.
However, what I didn’t anticipate was to see the Bobbies double down and declare the ability to extradite individuals abroad who they assume are “keyboard warriors”:
Earlier than I get into my motive for violating UK legislation from abroad, I wish to first cowl some household historical past. You see, the primary Sensiba in North America was a Hessian serf who was pressed into service as a mercenary. In different phrases, the UK was paying German nobles to make use of slave troopers to place down rise up within the colonies. As you may think about, this wasn’t one thing he needed to do, and as quickly as he acquired the possibility, he fled the mercenary drive. Understanding they’d hunt him down relentlessly, he had little alternative however to affix the Continental Military and assist battle a typical enemy.
Since that point, the UK would love us to assume they’ve develop into a greater place. Positive, they deserted slavery in 1803, roughly 60 years earlier than america, and have since reformed to higher respect the rights of the individuals dwelling within the UK. However, they by no means absolutely turned a rights-respecting Republic. Throughout the twentieth Century, freedom of speech really declined together with what little gun rights topics had.
So, like most Individuals, you’ll be able to think about that I’m not excited in any respect concerning the concept of submitting to UK rule remotely in 2024. Not solely did a number of ancestors battle to maintain this from occurring within the 1700s and 1800s, however we’ve gotten higher at respecting rights in america whereas the UK has largely gotten worse in latest many years.
I’ve zero hatred and even dangerous emotions towards immigrants who have been silly sufficient to maneuver to the UK. I additionally perceive why individuals born there keep. I can’t blame them since it’s their residence, except in fact, they’re a part of the issue. And a few of them are.
Which brings me to there’s one group of individuals I’ve an utter disdain and hatred for: tyrants. It’s my honest hope that brokers of the crown who would arrest individuals for saying imply issues on-line discover themselves going through individuals who have determined to be residents as an alternative of topics. I hope that these individuals use no matter drive is affordable and needed to change or abolish the federal government of the UK and supply new guards for his or her rights.
I sincerely hope that UK authorities reform themselves as an alternative of additional abusing the individuals they have been alleged to serve, but when they don’t and so they assume they’ve some proper to make use of drive to proceed tyrranizing the general public, nicely then violence will definitely go to that nation. However in contrast to America, the place the Second Modification was put in place to guard residents from a tyrannical authorities. The Brits have allowed what gun possession rights, and thereby their means to withstand tyranny when all else fails, to dwindle.
Whereas expressing this probability just isn’t unlawful below United States legislation (at the very least not but!), I’ve in all probability violated at the very least two to 3 UK legal guidelines expressing my disgust for presidency officers like “Sir” Mark Rowley and expressing my hope that they both cease being tyrants or are pressured out of energy by any means needed to finish their fee of crimes in opposition to their individuals. Heck, I could even be labeled a terrorist now in line with “Sir” Mark Rowley. Who is aware of?
If you happen to’re a UK official and assume I’m a “keyboard warrior” who should be delivered to the UK for trial, I dare you to strive it and see how fruitless you might be. However, you in all probability know that there are not any legitimate grounds for extradition (the discussion board bar prevents it) and also you seemingly additionally know that your embassy and consulate safety aren’t as much as the duty of reprisals you’d seemingly face in case you have been to by some means begin nabbing U.S. residents and hauling them off to a kangaroo courtroom 1000’s of miles away. We don’t even let our authorities get away with stuff like that, so it wouldn’t fly in case you tried it.
However, there’s an honorable various to being sniveling little brats who wish to make idle threats on-line (I believe that is the very definition of “keyboard warrior”). You could possibly at all times develop up and act like public servants as an alternative of pretending you’re by some means above the individuals who pay your paycheck and pointless TV licensing charges.
Editor’s Notice: Virginia State Delegate Nick Freitas provides his regular attention-grabbing and humorous tackle the British suggesting they’ll attempt to come get American’s in the event that they’d like, however they need to first bear in mind the teachings of the Revolutionary Battle.