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@Wen@mastodon.scot  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

UK Government has lost the plot if it’s criminalising this T-shirt

If we criminalise a message that says, in essence, “stop genocide”, we have lost the plot. The proper response is not a charge sheet but a recommitment to the principle that in a democracy, words – however uncomfortable – are met with words, not handcuffs.

http://archive.today/2025.08.31-084129/https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25428977.uk-government-lost-plot-criminalising-t-shirt/

Aletter from Peter Macari that lays out the argument

#PalestineAction#Proscription#Terrorism#Cooper#Maladministration#Scottland#TheNational

Screenwriter Paul Laverty pictured wearing a 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action' T-shirt in Edinburgh
Screenwriter Paul Laverty pictured wearing a 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action' T-shirt in Edinburgh
Screenwriter Paul Laverty pictured wearing a 'Genocide in Palestine, time to take action' T-shirt in Edinburgh
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