I'm seeing this make the rounds on my YouTube feed as a "recent" speech decrying communist oppression of speech - which is somewhat true, but this speech was made more than 10 years ago.
I still think back to this speech regularly. He's so eloquent and loved by everyone, we are very fortunate to have him on our side for all these years. He frames the issue in such an easy to understand way that I think this speech could sway just about anyone. God bless Rowan Atkinson.
He's also a huge fan of Motorsport and one of few celebrities with integrity and knowledge to attend Formula 1 races as a true fan and not as a pandering PR event for some garbage Hollywood product. Rowan truly is a humble and great human being, to say nothing about his amazing comedic talents. "Bob".
He's also a huge fan of Motorsport and one of few celebrities with integrity and knowledge to attend Formula 1 races as a true fan and not as a pandering PR event for some garbage Hollywood product. Rowan truly is a humble and great human being, to say nothing about his amazing comedic talents. "Bob".
Remember when he spoke out against electric vehicles because it turns out they're crap and even worse for producing pollutants when compared to producing ICE cars? Remember when the UK gov then tried to disparage this opinion despite Atkinson having a Masters in Engineering? Remember how social media fell heavily on Atkinson's side at this attempt to smear him?
That was only a year or so ago, I'm sure the same "new" UK Gov will be just as disparaging to his remarks to everything they find important to push.
He's also a huge fan of Motorsport and one of few celebrities with integrity and knowledge to attend Formula 1 races as a true fan and not as a pandering PR event for some garbage Hollywood product.
I still can't believe he sold his McLaren F1. Those things will be worth 50 million each soon enough.
Free speech is an issue that has existed LONG before even the 2000s in the UK, it was just they weren't as overt as they are now.
Combining it with leftist ideology just accelerated the process. I think part of the problem is UK normies see so much American entertainment and use YouTube that they are under the illusion that they have close to the same speech protections when in reality they are behind that one Asian country that it's a jailable offence to mock royalty even when he was dressing as a complete prat.
The UK didn't know it at the time, but any free speech "rights" they had left were given up the moment they disarmed themselves in 1996. A right means nothing when you give up the right to defend it.
An amnesty was organised which had a very high take-up; handguns were licensed, so it was easy to know who had possession of one, and there was a compensation scheme in place to reimburse owners.
Before you all ask, I believe Rowan Atkinson did some recent gigs the past year or two and he STILL stands by his beliefs on absolute free speech (i.e. First Amendment style free speech).
kind of funny that he also mocks the "tolerance paradox" that was in a leftist npc upgrade a few years ago and now they can't shut up about it.
even back then he eloquently told them how fucking retarded one is for using it.
I'm seeing this make the rounds on my YouTube feed as a "recent" speech decrying communist oppression of speech - which is somewhat true, but this speech was made more than 10 years ago.
I still think back to this speech regularly. He's so eloquent and loved by everyone, we are very fortunate to have him on our side for all these years. He frames the issue in such an easy to understand way that I think this speech could sway just about anyone. God bless Rowan Atkinson.
He's also a huge fan of Motorsport and one of few celebrities with integrity and knowledge to attend Formula 1 races as a true fan and not as a pandering PR event for some garbage Hollywood product. Rowan truly is a humble and great human being, to say nothing about his amazing comedic talents. "Bob".
Remember when he spoke out against electric vehicles because it turns out they're crap and even worse for producing pollutants when compared to producing ICE cars? Remember when the UK gov then tried to disparage this opinion despite Atkinson having a Masters in Engineering? Remember how social media fell heavily on Atkinson's side at this attempt to smear him?
That was only a year or so ago, I'm sure the
same"new" UK Gov will be just as disparaging to his remarks to everything they find important to push.I still can't believe he sold his McLaren F1. Those things will be worth 50 million each soon enough.
I've seen it before.
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Free speech is an issue that has existed LONG before even the 2000s in the UK, it was just they weren't as overt as they are now.
Combining it with leftist ideology just accelerated the process. I think part of the problem is UK normies see so much American entertainment and use YouTube that they are under the illusion that they have close to the same speech protections when in reality they are behind that one Asian country that it's a jailable offence to mock royalty even when he was dressing as a complete prat.
The UK didn't know it at the time, but any free speech "rights" they had left were given up the moment they disarmed themselves in 1996. A right means nothing when you give up the right to defend it.
Thailand. If you mock royalty, even if yiu are not thai or in thailand, if you step foot into thailand you get arrested.
My KIA2 Rule: Anything not written down will be stolen by communists - eg: Fiat savings, Immigration replacing you, free speech rights
Thailand has the lese majeste laws. And you're right, they're not policing general speech in the same way as the UK.
I've heard this a few times but listened to it again. Great speech. Kinda sad to listen to it now though knowing how things have played out.
Before you all ask, I believe Rowan Atkinson did some recent gigs the past year or two and he STILL stands by his beliefs on absolute free speech (i.e. First Amendment style free speech).
kind of funny that he also mocks the "tolerance paradox" that was in a leftist npc upgrade a few years ago and now they can't shut up about it.
even back then he eloquently told them how fucking retarded one is for using it.
And the chickens are coming home to roost with all the Muslim violence in the UK.