In a story that seems to be as backwards as it gets, a British comedian revealed that he has refused to perform any shows in the United States because he fears the government will throw him in prison.
According to Breitbart, Stewart Lee, the comedian in question, said he is so afraid of Trump's administration imprisoning him for his jokes that he won't do any appearances on this side of the pond.
Lee appeared on UK Channel 4's Change the World and falsely claimed that authorities in the U.S. would 'go through' his jokes and would be thrown in jail for them.
In his comments, Lee bloviated that he doesn't 'see a way out of where we're going.' And by 'we' he meant the 'fascism' he sees in the United States.
The ironic aspect of this, of course, is that while nobody is being thrown in prison in the U.S. for saying or posting the wrong things, that is very much happening in Lee's home country — to his own silence.
The comedian, who is practically unknown in the U.S., has been a sharp Trump critic in columns written for the left-wing U.K. paper, The Guardian. But he has seemingly not commented on the loss of freedom of speech in his own country.
Meanwhile, even as not a single comedian in the U.S. has faced any of the oppression Lee alleges, it is a fact that one wrong word uttered in public, in private, or on social media will get you arrested in Britain as the U.K.'s 'hate crime' laws continue to be used to throw thousands of British citizens in jail.
Lee has clearly never seen the years of incessant "jokes" lobbed at President Trump during his first term by network TV's late-night talk show propagandists — none of whom were ever imprisoned for them.
Lee needs to know he's totally safe in the United States. Unfortunately you can't be thrown in jail just for being a moron.
P.S. Now check out our latest video 👇
