"Lucy Connolly was jailed in the UK for racist posts online last year in the wake of the Southport attacks in which three small girls were killed. She'd previously lost a child herself and posted: "Mass deportation now. Set fire to the hotels (housing asylum seekers) for all I care." She was sentenced to 31 months. Rightly so, many people will say, but quite often"
""Mass deportation now. Set fire to the hotels (housing asylum seekers) for all I care." She was sentenced to 31 months. Rightly so, many people will say, but quite often they'll be the same people who defend Kneecap saying "The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP." If you substitute asylum seeker for Tory in that sentence, is that different or"
Lucy Connolly received a 31-month prison sentence in the UK for racist online posts made after the Southport attacks that killed three young girls. Connolly, who had previously lost a child, posted calls for mass deportation and to set fire to hotels housing asylum seekers. Many view the sentence as justified. A comparison is drawn with violent rhetoric defended when directed at politicians, exemplified by the Kneecap lyric targeting Tories. The comparison poses whether substituting 'asylum seeker' for 'Tory' changes the severity, acceptability, or moral judgment of violent speech.
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