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Robinson was explicitly jailed for making libellous accusations. He invented claims that the refugee had bullied other kids, supplemented by unrelated photos that he stole. He admitted it was all fake, but then repeated the claims in a film. This is all clearly documented.

A 15 year old refugee boy had been assaulted, had water forced into his mouth, had had his arm broken, his sister had been assaulted. He's now terrified of going back to the school because of the hate that Robinson has filled other kids' heads with. Robinson's behaviour was utterly shameful, and it's shameful that you defend him in this instance.

> the UK government fines and jails more people for speech than most authoritarian dictatorships

This is another false claim that Robinson peddles about. I've addressed it previously here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41488099





“Making libelous accusations” = “saying words you don’t agree with”

“A photo he stole” - didn’t he just repost something he found on TikTok? How is that stealing?

Again all these things you say he did amount to him saying things you don’t like. He didn’t commit any violence or hurt anyone, just said words. You are trying to justify locking people up for saying things and that is what real authoritarian government looks like.

>Approximately 12,000 people are arrested annually in the UK for offensive online messages

>In 2023, specifically 12,183 people were arrested for sending or posting offensive messages on social media [3]

>Police are making around 30 arrests per day for offensive online messages [1]

>The trend shows significant increases: arrests have risen by 121% since 2017 [1] and by almost 58% since before the pandemic

https://factually.co/fact-checks/justice/uk-social-media-arr...


A few posts above you said:

> Everything Tommy Robinson has said is true ... Nothing he says or does is violent or illegal

Given that he committed libel - which involves making false statements and is illegal - will you at least admit that you were wrong?

Perhaps you take the niche position that libel should be legal. But at least have the decency to concede that it is currently illegal.




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