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by notreallyauser 542 days ago
Do you have a citation for that? People may have said words to that effect in addition to inciting rioting, but no one has been send to jail for saying that.
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Okay upon further investigation it does appear I was incorrect about that case. I'm glad to have been, that was very concerning and scary. My mistake.

However there are still some concerning cases - a girl was punished for posting song lyrics:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-43816921

A song lyric containing an offensive racial slur?

"She was given an eight-week community order, placed on an eight-week curfew and told to pay costs of £500 and an £85 victim surcharge."

Not really the same league of punishment as the jailing you made up in your earlier post