In the Crown versus Joseph Pierce, 1986, a British court sentenced Pierce to a year in prison for “inciting racial violence.” The court admitted what Pierce said was true, and that it was the blacks who reacted by committing violence.
But, said the court, Pierce was to blame because:
“The truth is no excuse.”
The whole point of free speech is to let people speak unpleasant truths. If you punish people for that, free speech is a joke.
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