Perfect manufactured storm

The streets of Barcelona erupted in flames for the third night in a row in protest of the imprisonment of a rapper who has been sent to jail for slander, libel and the glorification of terrorism.

Press TV’s Kusai Kedri reports from Barcelona pic.twitter.com/nQLPjpGNkw

— Press TV (@PressTV) February 19, 2021

The bar for slander and libel is set much lower in Europe that here. From what I have read, the rapper said some unkind things about the King and other people plus an assortment of disgusting opinions, but nothing we have not heard at any BLM march. These laws were designed to (or so they said) to keep hateful speech and bullying under control but ended up making any speech they don’t like a felony.

So rightfully the people got pissed at the idea that a singer of nasty lyrics should spend three years in prison for expressing his art and ideas. They took to the streets and with them and in the name of fighting fascism, the Left Strike Forces pretty much took over the protests making them BLM-peaceful.

So now you have a public having to choose between returning to law and order even at the expense of Freedom of Speech or having to endure destructive riots and a disruption of normal life. And yes, they will pick Government to come save them because being not polite should be against the law anyway, right?   Don’t say nasty things and nothing bad will happen to you.

“Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem.”
(“I prefer the tumult of liberty to the quiet of servitude.”)
Thomas Jefferson.