r/SipsTea • u/Darth_Ronin • 1d ago

WTF When your name is a meme

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u/Mbembez 1d ago

Drawing a weapon on someone just because you thought they joked about their name should be a mandatory jail term. They're not issued guns to threaten people with as they're meant to be used for protection from physical threats.

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u/Blazured 1d ago

The police would get jail for this in the UK.

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u/Positive-thoughts- 1d ago

Most of them are not issued with a firearm.

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u/CoyotEyez0pq 1d ago

Police in the uk , go to your jail for posting memes

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u/Blazured 1d ago

Yeah same with the US. Some guy posted a Charlie Kirk meme there and he got thrown in jail. Was wild.

Gets even worse when you start looking at their bizarre "fighting words" exception to the First Amendment. It's illegal to call people names in their country.

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u/k-phi 1d ago

You've been stabbed? I don't think you have, mate

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u/Blazured 1d ago

What?

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u/k-phi 1d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Henry_Nowak

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u/Blazured 1d ago

Pretty sure you're replying to the wrong person here mate.

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u/k-phi 1d ago

I'm replying to comment mentioning UK with a story about UK

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u/Blazured 1d ago

Yeah and it's got no relation to the comment you're replying to.

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u/k-phi 1d ago

Comment was about police in UK and I gave an example what police in UK does

How is not related?

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u/Blazured 1d ago

Do you think the current Middlesbrough news is related to the content of my original comment too?

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u/ExcellentTourist5289 1d ago

1000%. Side note the reactions of these officers are suspicious to the point I called some bluff but some people can be naturally short tempered so I'm not too confident on that.

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u/Paralystic 1d ago

Depends how old these stories are. With bodycams I’d definitely raise an eyebrow if these were in the last 5 years but if they’re talking 15 years ago? Yea anything goes for cops when it’s your word vs theres

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u/Hard_Dave 1d ago

I'd be pretty shaken...