Greta Thunberg's Tale of Two Cities

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18107@aussie.zone · 92 pts · 244d (5 replies)

I'm still surprised that you can be arrested for not wanting a large number of people violently murdered.

streetfestival@lemmy.ca · 44 pts · 244d (2 replies)

And be held in a privately-run prison for over a year iirc without any criminal charges in the case of some activists - some of whom are on a hunger strike atm. What's happening in the US and England is @#$ed

Sunshine@piefed.ca · 17 pts · 244d (1 reply)

First-past-the-post has really messed up the US & UK.

Pringles@sopuli.xyz · 9 pts · 244d

You just wait for a Reform UK majority. You ain't seen anything like fucked up yet

Lumidaub@feddit.org · 12 pts · 244d

Easy, just twist it into accusations of actually wanting the other side murdered.

abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 244d

We literally have a PM who mocked Transgender people Infront of the Father of a murdered transgender teenager.

just2look@lemmy.zip · 47 pts · 244d

One has very recent memories of violently opposing a colonial oppressor, the other has memories of being violently opposed...

Broadfern@lemmy.world · 46 pts · 244d

Based Ireland

Sunshine@piefed.ca · 32 pts · 244d (2 replies)

Ireland is in the right side of history 🇮🇪

k0e3@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 241d

It seems like it always is.

titey@jlai.lu · 1 pts · 244d

👍

webp@mander.xyz · 5 pts · 244d (1 reply)

Neither country subverts expectations

fort_burp@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 243d

🎯

BetaBlake@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 244d

England seems like it kinda sucks when it comes to speech and "criminality"