Instead of all the distractions, diversions, misdirections, whataboutisms, personal attacks and questioning of my political position, how about actually addressing the issue, which is....
On the one hand you have Lucy Connolly, who makes a SINGLE post in anger in a response to the Southport riots and the cold blooded murder of three little girls aged six, seven and nine. She thinks better of it and deletes it quickly. But not quickly enough - the ever watchful UK Thought Police know about it. She is arrested and charged with the offence of inciting racial hatred. Gets a 31 month prison sentence.
On the other hand you have Alaa Abd El-Fattah, posting dozens of posts over a period of four years, inciting and indeed, encouraging the murder of Jews, while males and policemen. Never regrets posting any of them - some of them are still up. These are in plain view of the UK Thought Police.... what happened to him? Nothing! Nada! El Zippo! He gets a free pass.
Do any of you agree with allowing this scumbag into the country? "Because he is a British Citizen" will be regarded as a cheap cop-out and will not be accepted as a valid answer. I want to know what YOU personally think, not what your echo-chamber tells you to think.
I know you won't. Not ONE of you lefties is at all interested in HONESTLY addressing such difficult issues - ones that challenge your belief systems.
The reason why Connolly was treated more severely than El-Fattah, is because the state fears crimes against itself, in particular, spreading national rioting, more than any crime against the individual or group in society. Throughout history, in every country in the world, the government and judiciary cracks down hard on those who riot, or incite riots, when rioting is spreading across the country.
Little local riots, that show no signs of spreading across the country, that can be contained by the police, courts and prisons, do not attract the same level of punishment. When riots show signs of becoming national, the courts in particular are very swift and punishing and imprisoning people to act as a deterrent to other prospective rioters. The publicity generated by jailing Connolly, is a deterrent, to stop the police, courts and prisons becoming totally overwhelmed, which the state fears more than anything else.
It has always been that way and at the last national riots in 2011, people got prison for incitement on social media, with the police and courts expressing concern about how easy it was to incite people online. Two males got 4 years for suggesting people meet at a fast food outlet and riot, and the only other people to turn up were the police, to arrest them. By 2025, people had forgotten all about that, or the excitement of a riot got the better of them, and they are now in serious trouble.
A little bit of research and you will find lots of instances of immediate and severe crack downs on rioters, from Peterloo in 1819 to George Square in 1919. What happened to Connolly, to anyone who has looked at how governments deal with national riots, understands that it is normal. By 2012, rioters from 2011 had been sent to prison for a total of over 1800 years and arrests were still being made.
Prison sentences totalling more than 1,800 years have been handed out to rioters following the disorder which began exactly a year ago.
www.bbc.co.uk
In about 10 years time, when the UK next has a national riot, the same will happen again and people who do not bother to find out why, will get confused by the severe penalties for those who incite rioting.
