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Podcast giant Joe Rogan said Wednesday he would likely be arrested if he tried to host his show from the United Kingdom.
In crises ranging from gang grooming to arresting people for expressing themselves online, American critics often tout the United Kingdom as a cautionary tale about a liberal government that restricts expression and allows violent criminals to run wild. Guest and fellow podcaster Chris Williamson, who recently left the UK for the United States, spoke on “The Joe Rogan Experience” about a study that claims it is the second most miserable country in the world.
“It can't just be the weather,” Rogan said.
“Maybe it's the Online Safety Bill,” Williamson joked, referring to the UK's Online Safety Act which many critics say is a nightmare for free speech.
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Joe Rogan has been a frequent critic of the UK's speech laws and lamented that he would likely be arrested if he had tried to operate his podcast from there. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“It could be,” Rogan said. “That would depress me. I would be very depressed if I lived in England right now. I would think, 'I'm fucking, legitimately screwed.'
“Imagine if you were running this podcast exactly the same way from England,” Rogan proposed. “They would arrest me. I saw them. They arrested a teacher because he refused to refer to one of his students as 'they,' and this was like his second offense. And then they arrested him for not recognizing a singular plural.”
“I don't like talking about the United Kingdom because I feel like I'm climbing the ladder after leaving there,” Williamson lamented. “But I don't know how many more ways you can fight back again and again.”
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The UK has been rocked by protests over the past 10 years as citizens oppose mass migration and censorship. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Williamson added that the UK appears to be running on borrowed time and nostalgia, and could look back years with shame at some of its current policies.
He recalled the terrible treatment mathematician Alan Turing received for being gay, even though he played a crucial role for the Allies in World War II by helping to break the German codes, and the posthumous apology he received from the British government.
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London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley was condemned by the Americans after threatening to punish people from other countries and extradite them to the UK for their speeches on UK politics. (Heaven News)
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