• smeg@feddit.uk
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    10 months ago

    I think their point is that you don’t throw them in prison just for saying it. If they actually do it or influence others to do it then that’s very different. I always try to think how a law could be twisted or abused, and once you make simply saying something illegal that opens the door to a lot of authoritarianism.

    • mugthol@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      10 months ago

      Something being illegal does not automatically mean prison. In most developed countries prison is a last resort