Not A Newt@not_a_newt

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If you swap 'Russians' for any other nationality in a chant demanding death, police would arrest people for hate speech. Yet a Ukrainian march in Portugal got away with shouting 'HANG THE MUSCOVITES'. Participants held flags and signs reading 'OBRIGADO PORTUGAL' while the group chanted for the death of Russians. The author argues this specific call to violence is treated as an exception to standard laws when it targets that one group.

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Not A Newt@not_a_newt

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If you swap 'Russians' for any other nationality in a chant demanding death, police would arrest people for hate speech. Yet a Ukrainian march in Portugal got away with shouting 'HANG THE MUSCOVITES'. Participants held flags and signs reading 'OBRIGADO PORTUGAL' while the group chanted for the death of Russians. The author argues this specific call to violence is treated as an exception to standard laws when it targets that one group.

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