[DiscourseFan]

This reminds me of those cases where British people were getting arrested for their social media posts. Seems to be part of the fabric of Anglo society, that certain norms are not to be crossed. I think this case is especially strange, however, considering that Lolita is a story about a man sexually abusing a child. But that was published in the United States.

[rayiner]

Every culture has “certain norms” that “are not to be crossed.” It’s precisely because Anglos have so few thag they stand out. For most non-Anglos, the concept of such speech policing isn’t even thought of as objectionable. I was discussing the Charlie Hebdo shooting with my dad, who is staunchly anti-religious but from a Muslim country. He was like “well why do you need to draw pictures of the Prophet Mohammad?” To him, it’s entirely a cost (social conflict) with no benefit.

[DiscourseFan]

The U.S. does not have these norms in a strict sense, or at least not universally ie at the level of the state.

[arrowsmith]

"were"?

[Hnrobert42]

That's an interesting way of describing the situation. Another is Joel Davis encouraged others to rape the politician. Davis's defense is that he meant "rhetorical rape" in an academic sense.

Edit to add source:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/dec/23/austr...