The protest in #Bristol was against the Tory bill to stop the right to protest. Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill. It was not a BLM protest, yet this is being suggested, in order to attack anti-racist movements & to peddle racist stereotypes libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/libertys…
You know how people were angry they weren't allowed to protest fatal, racist police violence & institutional racism including police harassment & violence here in the UK, after police murdered George Floyd in the US. You know how ppl were angry they weren't allowed to protest...
...after the news a police officer was charged with kidnapping & murdering a young woman in London, in a culture where sexual harassment is the norm for most women, where sexualised male violence against women is a threat & reality women organise their lives around? You know...
...the Tories told us this was all just temporary because of Covid & they weren't in any way seeking to stop the right to free speech or the democratic right to protest for and to make change? Well, they lied because this Bill is about making all that permanent.
When the Tories say they want to protect free speech, they mean theirs. Their speech only. Their speech is free. If you want to speak out against their policies, that will cost you. When the Tories talk about cancel culture what they mean is they want to cancel your culture.
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