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He was dragged out of the airport like a
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terrorist, had his devices confiscated,
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was thrown in jail overnight and lost
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access, my understanding is, to his
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heart medication, if I recall correctly.
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>> And because this was an incitement to
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violence
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>> because this offended some existing law
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against uh provocative speech in the UK.
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So that was in a single year of slightly
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over 12,000 Brits arrested for speech
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acts. And that is more than more than
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we're arrested that year in Russia, more
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than in China. Most of the British
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people that you talk to say this is
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totally unacceptable. And if you look at
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the polls in the UK, you see public
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sentiment against this kind of thing.
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And the defense you hear is well, you
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know, we have a less chilling, less
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totalitarian environment than China. So
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maybe more people are willing to break
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the rules, more people are willing to
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offend. But if you arrest 12,000 people
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a year for speech and you're raising
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children in an ecosystem where you can
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be dragged out of the airport for
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offending the dogmas of transgender
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activism,
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>> then you might not have a different
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culture than China for Mhm.