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mahatmakanejeeves

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3. Suddenly remembering all the people who kept telling me "other countries don't have a 1st Amendment,

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Tue Sep 13, 2022, 08:01 AM

Sep 2022

Donny Ferguson Retweeted

Suddenly remembering all the people who kept telling me "other countries don't have a 1st Amendment, and they seem just fine..."

Just went to Parliament Square & held up a blank piece of paper. Officer came & asked for my details. He confirmed that if I wrote “Not My King” on it, he would arrest me under the Public Order Act because someone might be offended.

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Where there's no 1A: [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 OP

Is there a transcript ? Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #1

Not that I know of. I couldn't make out his remarks. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 #2

He says Easterncedar Sep 2022 #4

tyvm. I appreciate it Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #5

I toured Scotland with parents in their 70s Easterncedar Sep 2022 #6

i am reminded that I am best at reading the handwriting of my parents Tetrachloride Sep 2022 #7

Suddenly remembering all the people who kept telling me "other countries don't have a 1st Amendment, mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 #3