Elon Musk Sparks Controversy, Calling the UK a ‘Tyrannical Police State’

[NoshowJones]

21 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

How many people are killed by the police in the UK compared to the USA?

What is the population of the USA compared to the UK?

[FritsSikkink]

39 minutes ago, NoshowJones said:

What is the population of the USA compared to the UK?

USA 33.1killings per 10 million

UK     0.5 killings per 10 million

 

List of countries with annual rates and counts for killings by law enforcement officers - Wikipedia

[simple1]

10 hours ago, KhunLA said:

 

Again, has nothing to do with USA, and not acting  in any diplomatic capacity for the USA.  He's always been a believer in free speech, and why he bought X / twitter.  I think it was a post on X where he made the statements.

 

Guess it gives you and the other posters a chance to USA bash, and don't know why, since he didn't even mention USA.  He is Canadian & S. African also, but no comments about those countries & free speech or expression of thoughts.

 

Since you guys bring it up, USA is far better allowing free speech & expression.  Not as much as in the past though, but that's in the PC, woke world, not legality, like the UK.  1st Amendment ensures that right, and fairly obvious, considering what MSM spews all the time.

 

Musk became a US citizen in 2002.

 

No, not with a view to "USA bash", but trying to understand the psych of senior US players. Given Musk is a direct appointee of trump and a significant influencer I'm fairly sure his public opinions of foreign countries would be viewed through a diplomatic filter. trump also previously made some very obnoxious comments concerning UK. Personally I struggle with some of the Free Speech policies in USA e.g. Nazi Party being legal in the USA, perhaps the only country in the world where this is so. Plus of course the volume of spiteful hate speech which, IMO, must damage the social fabric in the USA.

 

Another example of Musk's breach of privilege- the guy obviously has some serious issues...

 

'Libelous on its face': Internet critics blast Musk's 'disgusting' treason accusation

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by simple1

[RayC]

On 11/27/2024 at 8:03 AM, JonnyF said:

I don't see the controversy here. The UK is clearly a police state.

 

The only controversy is that he failed to mention it is also a 2 tier system. 

 

The UK is clearly not a police state as evidenced by the fact that individuals have freedom of expression and the ability to protest. Note that I said 'protest', not 'riot'.

 

Nor is there a 2-tier (policing) system which discriminates against white people.

[JonnyF]

7 minutes ago, RayC said:

The UK is clearly not a police state as evidenced by the fact that individuals have freedom of expression and the ability to protest.

 

Not on social media they don't.

 

One guy posted a question "what happens when the immigrants come to our turf" and got a custodial sentence rushed through the court system in a week. Does a question on social media constitute a riot in your mind?