Joe Rogan thinks he'd get arrested if he hosted his show from the UK due to speech laws
Podcast giant Joe Rogan revealed Wednesday he would seemingly be arrested if he tried to host his undertaking from the United Kingdom For crises ranging from grooming gangs to arresting people for online speech the UK is often touted by American critics as a cautionary tale of liberal regime that restricts speech and lets violent criminals run rampant Guest and fellow podcaster Chris Williamson who in the past few days left the UK for the United States spoke on The Joe Rogan Experience about a research claiming it is the second-most miserable country in the world It can t just be the weather Rogan revealed Maybe it s the Online Safety Bill Williamson quipped referring to the UK s Online Safety Act that various critics argue is a nightmare for free speech ROGAN CALLS OUT MEDIA FOR FUSSING OVER JIMMY KIMMEL AS UK GOVT ARRESTS PEOPLE FOR ONLINE SPEECH Could be Rogan agreed That would get me depressed I'd be so depressed if I lived in England right now I'd be like I'm f----- like legitimately f----- Like imagine if I was running this podcast in the exact same way out of England Rogan proposed I'd get arrested I saw them they arrested a lecturer because he refused to refer to one of his students as a they and this was like his second infraction And so they arrested him for failure to recognize a singular plural I don't like s----ing on the UK because it feels like I'm pulling the ladder up after I've just got out of it Williamson lamented But it's just I don't know how multiple more methods you can faceplant over and over again BILL MAHER URGES AMERICANS TO UNCONDITIONALLY ADVOCACY FREE SPEECH AVOID BECOMING LIKE BRITAINWilliamson added that the UK seems to be running on borrowed time and nostalgia and it could look back years from now with shame on a few of its current policies He recalled the appalling healing of mathematician Alan Turing for being gay even though he played a crucial role for the Allies in World War II by helping crack German codes and the posthumous apology he got from the British executive CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURECLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP