I keep getting Konstantin Kisin videos recommended to me by Instagram's algorithm. It's been ever since he became our new anti-woke hero with a ten-minute debate takedown. Kisin is a satirist and podcaster from Russia who currently resides in the UK. This clip from an Australian talk show caught my attention, where Kisin shares how many people were arrested for social media posts in Britain vs. in Russia last year.

He doesn't provide his sources, so we'll label this somewhere between "claims without evidence" and "whoa if true." I'm a blogger and not a journalismer. I like sharing things I find interesting.

In Russia last year, 400 people were arrested last year for this they said on social media. Obviously, this country is very different. How many people do you think were arrested in Britain for things they said on social media last year? 3300.

If the calculator I used on the internet is correct, that's 725% more people arrested in Britain than in Russia. Over speech. Britain, an alleged place of freedom, vs. Russia, a country not known for allowing their people to have any freedom ever.

The only British example that came to Kisin's mind was from 2018, and a story we covered here on the Louder with Crowder Dot Com website. A girl, in tribute to a friend who died, posted the lyrics to the friend's favorite rap song. Someone complained about her social media post because it contained a few instances of the no-no word. The girl got arrested and convicted of being racist. over song lyrics.

More to Kisin's point, in 2022 we've seen people in the UK get arrested for social media posts that "caused someone anxiety." Another woman was arrested in front of her children over memes she tweeted.

Australia isn't much better. Australians got arrested for having opinions that contradicted the government's public health orders.

I'd be curious to see where Kisin got his data from. On the surface, it appears in Putin's controlled Russia citizens are freer to speak than British citizens are in what used to be considered the "free world."

It's another "Pay Attention, America" moment. Progressive leaders in our country believe all the same things progressive leaders in the UK do. And they'll attempt to get away with the same things if we ever let them.

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