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Comment by RickJWagner

12 hours ago

Google turns up many.

Here’s one, you can easily find more.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr548zdmz3jo

> Parlour, of Seacroft, Leeds, who called for an attack on a hotel housing refugees and asylum seekers on Facebook, became the first person to be jailed for stirring up racial hatred during the disorder.

> Kay was convicted after he used social media to call for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set alight.

  • It's fascinating - I seem to remember seeing this interaction happen time and time again with GP. I wonder why they keep leaving out the calls for arson.

  • Can’t even advocate arson and murder anymore; it’s political correctness gone mad!

    Inciting murder doesn’t count as free speech _anywheree_.

  • Calling for an attack on a person or persons IS the crime. It was a crime before social media existed as well.