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The Conservatives passed the OSA.


1) they also brought about net zero, do you think they're so different?

2) labour are absolutely balls deep on this. "If you use a VPN you are either Jimmy saville or worse Nigel farage" says Peter Kyle.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/29/peter-kyle-...

The meta point here is that both parties are basically the dregs of the last generation of politicians to not be "native" to the interner and are now having one last go at ramming it into a box (e.g. all the bad stuff is shoved into X dot com) which they can ban.

The thing is there's a decent chance it'll work. We have beaten out any liberal or even conservative sentiment in mass consciousness


> all the bad stuff is shoved into X dot com) which they can ban.

I'm not entirely convinced that's a bad thing.

We need outlets for free speech, but who those outlets are controlled by matters. Look at the impact Murdoch has had over the past many decades. That's what we want to stop.


>We need outlets for free speech, but who those outlets are controlled by matters.

What kind of nonsense is this? Have you considered the logic of your comment? Free speech is good, but let's reserve the legal right to control who builds platforms for it so that its the "correct" Kind of free speech. Of course there's no risk at all of that being grossly misused to crush real free speech.

For all the Murdoch fear mongering, there's no shortage at all of progressive, left-leaning media publications, news channels and organizations, globally or in any developed, more or less democratic country you care to look at. Would you support a conservative government shaklling them because of claims about their impact?


Governments actively enable people like Murdoch and Musk and their businesses. That's not a requirement to have robust free speech.


>The meta point here is that both parties are basically the dregs of the last generation of politicians

No it’s not. That is a completely different point than what you initially made. You specifically called out leftists for causing the OSA and then tried to pivot to saying “by leftists I actually meant everyone” after someone pointed out that your point was invalid because you were factually wrong


The meta- part of that sentence would imply it's a different scale.

And I obviously don't mean "everyone" or I wouldn't have made the distinction.

There is almost zero distinction on social policy between most of the current labour front bench and a Tory wet. Other than the latter being more pro-trans


You mean the Tories. Given that they massively increased what was already record-high immigration (while promising the opposite) [1,2], calling them "conservative" is laughable.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-67506641

[2] https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/05/23/irony-labour-mea...


Conservative is more about their outlook on society right? They appear to be trying to get back to the Victorian age of morality especially sexually.

Better put those hands above the blanket!

Ps: ok those Victorian chastity belts are pretty kinky though, I have to give them that


Your bank absolutely can and will sue you for not paying your CC. What they can't do is have you thrown in jail for not showing up to court - they'll just win by default.


Hundreds of thousands of dollars.


I've never had it on psychedelics, but it did happen when I first tried ketamine.


Turns out that sending death threats is actually a crime.


If the UK was only arresting people for posting death threats, you might have a point.

That’s not what’s happening, and not the kind of speech suppression that people are worried about.


Some of it is less extreme, but there’s no suppression of normal critique of policy.


"normal" as defined by those in power over policy.


As defined by the social contract :)

Seems to me like you’re quibbling, because you can’t defend your claim by showing a single example.


I spent a year vegan just to see if I could. What I really missed was cheese.


"Sorry, your subscription has expired and now all your food is mouldy. If you have any complaints, call 1-800-FUCK-YOU and we'll just laugh at you."


Even worse: If you have any complaints, call a number we won't publish anywhere on our site and a robotic voice will just laugh at you.


ARM had a huge headache when the CEO of their Chinese subsidiary stole the company seal and refused to give it back. That meant they effectively couldn't do business at all.


>Arnold Schwarzenegger, for example, has almost certainly been "supplementing" for close to 60 years now.

He's admitted it and advised younger bodybuilders not to.

Having access to the best sports medicine doctors in the world means you too can look great at nearly 80.


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