https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/14/clima...ntl/index.html
I’m seeing a rash of pieces like this decrying the sentences the UK handed out to these “Just Stop Oil” people. They seem to believe they can save humanity by throwing paint at Stonehenge and old masters, blocking traffic, and glueing themselves to things. There are many videos out there of outraged drivers reacting to their exhibitionist antics.
I realize the UK takes a narrower view of free speech than prevails in the US. They can arrest people for “stirring up hate”, by whatever standard the government views as hate. But vandalism or keeping hundreds of thousands of people from their business seems to go beyond free expression to me.