Man ARRESTED in Scotland over anti-Syrian immigrant messages on social media!

The Daily Caller reports on a man in Scotland who was arrested for saying mean things about Syrian immigrants on his Facebook page:

A man was arrested in Scotland Tuesday for posting “offensive” messages about migrants on Facebook.

Police Scotland arrested the 40-year-old man after he posted a series of allegedly offensive posts on social media about a group of Syrian families resettled on a nearby island, reported The Guardian.

“I hope that the arrest of this individual sends a clear message that Police Scotland will not tolerate any form of activity which could incite hatred and provoke offensive comments on social media,” Inspector Ewan Wilson from the local police office said, according to The Guardian.

Twelve Syrian families were recently settled on the tiny island of Bute — the first of about 1,000 families expected to occupy the area. The day after their plane touched down, a member of parliament slammed locals for writing “cruel and so disappointing” comments on social media connecting the families with last year’s deadly terror attack in Paris.

It’s easy to forget sometimes, but we really are exceptional in the world for how we allow so much free speech. In other parts of the world you can be easily punished by authorities if your speech is deemed unacceptable by the powers that be. God bless America!!

But then again, we just get censored by the private companies instead of government here!!


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