# The UK (and Europe's) free speech problem

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**Created:** [July 21, 2025, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-and-europes-free-speech-problem/1021153 "2025-07-21T16:10:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-uk-and-europes-free-speech-problem/1021153/233 "2025-09-18T18:48:20Z")

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I don’t follow the US news closely, but in this post ( [Reluctantly — Fuck Texas - #1017 by smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reluctantly-fuck-texas/933289/1017) ) reference is made to a student being arrested for mocking (the death of) Kirk. Is this not a violation of the bill of rights? Doesn’t look like she was protected from being arrested.

BTW I agree that the UK law and its application are worrisome, but that doesn’t take away issues like this in the US.

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