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Originally Posted by BBXX
I don't believe all laws are equal and all laws are just and some punishments do not fit the crime. Do I think writing something racist on social media should be punishable by prison time... hmm, I don't think so. Do I think inciting violence against a particular group should be? Partially, yes.
I think we also need to consider the context and time. I'm not saying Lucy is to blame for what took place, but in the days following her tweet, there were anti-migrant protests, fuelled by the notion a despicable act was acted out by a migrant (because he was black). POC were being verbally and physically assaulted in the street because they were being racially profiled - people who had lived here all their lives. This was being fuelled by racist rhetoric - POC being racially profiled as migrants, attacked for it, for a crime a British-born person did. None of that is rational or rooted in truth, objectivity or anything other than racist hatred.
Her very public incitement of violence is a a prime example of the blind racial hatred that is prevalent in this country, and her rushing to the right wing media for them to make a martyr out of her shows me everything I need to know.
Do you honestly think if a Muslim man had said what she's said about white they'd be made to be a victim of injustice by the likes of Dan Wooton or The Telegraph? I think it would be incredibly naive to think they would.
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Very strong post and points there.
Well said in fact.
I agree with just about all you've outlined.