554. We're ALREADY In An AUTHORITARIAN State - Montgomery Toms

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🗓️ 14 July 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Montgomery Toms: Arrested for a Sign? | Free Speech, Wokeness & the Fight for Liberty | Heretics Interview In this explosive Heretics interview, Montgomery Toms — the 20-year-old activist banned from Westminster and arrested at London Pride - reveals the shocking truth about modern Britain, censorship and what it's like to push back against authoritarianism as a young dissenter. SPONSORS: Get your Plaud AI note now: DTC: https://bit.ly/3Ir7qLs - AMZ: https://bit.ly/4kFPZod Go to https://ground.news/andrew to access diverse perspectives and uncover the truth. Subscribe through my link to get 40% off unlimited access this month only. Chuck Norris: Avoid these 3 Foods Like The Plague. Watch his method by clicking the link here: https://www.ChuckDefense.com/Heretics Get an exclusive 15% discount on Saily data plans! Use code HERETICS at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/HERETICS Struggling with anxiety, addiction, loss, relationships, cancel culture, or feeling low? Go to https://Just-Therapy.org. James’ private practice: https://jamesesses.com Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at https://mintmobile.com/heretics Go to https://freespoke.com/gold to search freely. Download app & sub for 25% off Freespoke Premium with my link. 🧠 From being forced to wear pronoun badges at university, to solitary confinement for holding a sign, Montgomery Toms shares the personal cost of standing against wokeness and political orthodoxy. 🚨 Key Moments: - Arrested by 9 police officers at a Pride rally for a sign reading: “The trans flag = mental illness” - Locked in a cell alone for 9 hours: “You do start to go mad.” - Banned from entering the City of Westminster — for having an opinion - Physical threats and mob harassment at university for refusing woke ideology - Why he believes the current cultural climate is more dangerous than we think 🎙️ We also talk Glastonbury, Bob Vylan, free speech vs incitement, Nuremberg 2.0, vax pressure, religion, free will, and the heretics who inspired him. Join the 30k heretics on my mailing list: https://andrewgoldheretics.com Check out my new documentary channel: https://youtube.com/@andrewgoldinvestigates Andrew on X: https://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Insta: https://www.instagram.com/andrewgold_ok Heretics YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewgoldheretics Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:47.0	You do start to go mad. Then this is why we're going to sue. What was the written on the sign you had?
1:53.0	It was specifically the trans flag equals mental illness. How long were you there?
1:57.0	20 to 30 minutes before the police decided to arrest me. I'm not allowed into the city of Westminster.
2:02.6	This is the UK now.
2:04.6	You can wear a placard, have an opinion, be arrested, banned from a certain area of London
2:09.6	all for just having an opinion.
2:10.6	When I was in university, I was given death threats, I had physical attacks, I had people
2:16.6	outside of my room in my accommodation,
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