Rogan warns he’d get arrested hosting podcast in UK due to speech laws
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Podcast mogul Joe Rogan said Wednesday he would likely be arrested if he tried to host his show from the United Kingdom.
In crises ranging from grooming gangs to arresting people for online speech, the United Kingdom is often praised by American critics as a cautionary tale of liberal government restricting speech and allowing violent criminals to run free. Guest and podcaster Chris Williamson, who recently left the United Kingdom for the United States, spoke. “The Joe Rogan Experience” about a study claiming second place pathetic country in the world.
“This can’t just be the weather,” Rogan said.
“Maybe it’s the Online Safety Bill,” Williamson joked, referring to the UK Online Safety Act, which many critics argue is a nightmare for free speech.
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Joe Rogan is a frequent critic of the UK’s speech laws and has complained that he would likely be arrested if he tried to run his podcast from there. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“Possibly,” Rogan agreed. “It would make me depressed. If I lived in England right now I’d be very depressed. I’d be like ‘I’m f—–, I’m legitimately f—–‘.”
“Imagine if I ran this podcast outside of the UK the same way,” Rogan suggested. “I would be arrested. I’ve seen them; they arrested a teacher because she refused to refer to one of her students as “they,” and that was her second violation. And so they arrested her because she didn’t recognize the plural singular.”
“I don’t like shitting in the UK because it feels like I’m moving up the ladder once I get out of there,” Williamson lamented. “But that’s just, I don’t know how many different ways you can do a face transplant over and over again.”
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The United Kingdom has been shaken by citizens’ protests against mass immigration and censorship for the last 10 years. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Williamson added that Britain appears to be operating on borrowed time and nostalgia and may look back years from now with shame at some of its current policies.
He helped break German codes during World War II. He recalled the appalling treatment mathematician Alan Turing received for being gay, despite playing a crucial role for the Allies in World War II, and the apology he received from the British government after his death.
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London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has been condemned by Americans after threatening to punish people in other countries and extradite them to the UK for speaking out about politics in the UK. (Sky News)
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