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These aren’t extremists plotting attacks. They are ordinary citizens expressing opinions that the government finds “grossly offensive.”
Rogan highlighted the type of posts triggering arrests. “Statements like ‘the immigrants are coming into this country and creating all this crime,’” he noted. These are not threats, just opinions the authorities disagree with.
“I worry that Americans think we’re mad sometimes,” Doyle told Rogan.
“We do!” Rogan shot back.
“We do now, yeah, we think you’ve lost it.”
Police Knock on Doors to “Check Your Thinking”
The daily arrests only scratch the surface. Doyle explained that over the past five years, UK police have recorded more than 87,000 “non-crime hate incidents.”
These are cases where no crime occurred, yet officers still investigate. One person faced a visit simply for a retweet, with an officer bluntly stating: “I need to check your thinking.”
In other words, British police are actively policing thoughts. Scotland even keeps a database of offensive jokes. Meanwhile, lawmakers have proposed bills allowing prosecutors to charge statements made in private homes.
YouTube personality Count Dankula was convicted of a hate crime for teaching his girlfriend’s pug to do a Nazi salute — a joke. That’s the reality of Britain’s current speech restrictions.
“Anarcho-Tyranny” Punishes Law-Abiding Citizens
Doyle coined a fitting term for the situation: “anarcho-tyranny.” The government aggressively targets law-abiding citizens for speech while failing to address actual crimes.
Since 2017, arrests for online speech have jumped 121%, even as 90% of all crimes went unsolved in 2023 — including 89% of violent and sexual offenses.
British police reportedly spend 666,000 hours annually investigating social media posts rather than catching real criminals. Burglarized? Mugged? Officers are busy policing tweets instead of protecting citizens.
Manchester’s Chief Constable Sir Stephen Watson admitted this approach is “past its sell-by date.” Yet the arrests continue.
Rogan summed up the public sentiment: “It seems like they’re trying to bring in as many migrants as possible, cater to them, not to the British people, and do it openly so that everyone knows what they’re doing and then create chaos on the streets because of it.”
UK Threatens Americans for Online Speech
The crackdown doesn’t stop at British borders. London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley warned that foreign nationals are not exempt.
“We will throw the full force of the law at people,” Rowley said. “And whether you’re in this country committing crimes on the streets or committing crimes from further afield online, we will come after you.”
In September 2025, armed police arrested Irish comedy writer Graham Linehan at Heathrow Airport for social media posts made in the United States four months earlier. His “crime”? Criticizing transgender activists online.
Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson proudly explained that dedicated officers are “scouring social media” for instances of “wrongthink.” When asked if Elon Musk could be targeted, Rowley did not rule it out.
The Chilling Effect on Free Speech
Rogan and Doyle emphasized that the 12,000 arrests are only the tip of the iceberg. Millions of Britons now self-censor out of fear of police visits. Tweets are deleted, pub conversations go silent, and genuine opinions are withheld.
The goal is not just punishing 12,000 people — it’s intimidating the entire population of 67 million. Freedom House even downgraded Britain’s freedom of speech rating in 2025, citing the surge in criminal charges and arrests for online expression.
A Warning for Americans
This should serve as a wake-up call. Politicians praising European-style “hate speech” laws aim to bring them to the U.S., cloaked as “online safety.” What they really want is the power to punish opinions they dislike.
Britain once championed the Magna Carta. Now it arrests 30 citizens a day for posts online. Germany conducts federal raids over online insults. Spain has rolled out sweeping social media crackdowns, prompting Elon Musk to call its prime minister a “tyrant.”
This isn’t a dystopian future — it’s happening now. The First Amendment remains America’s shield. And as Doyle put it:
“I find laws against free speech to be grossly offensive.”
In a free nation, that should be all the proof we need that the state itself is the problem — when police start checking citizens’ thoughts, freedom dies.
