'Not a crime' belonging to Islamic State, al-Qaida or IRA says Natalie Bennett

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In an interview with Sunday Politics the leader of the Green Party, Natalie Bennett, defended their policy which says that just belonging to a terrorist organisation should not be a crime. She argued that people should be punished for what they do and not what they think.
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[@haydarsayar9876]

Freedom of terrorism. What the actual fuck

[@NocturnalNemesis]

I thought the green party was different but this woman is fucking mad.

[@thomasedgerley1152]

She is going to get destroyed at the leaders debate.

[@Jbroglydecap]

".She's right, just belonging to an organisation shouldn't be a crime,." I am a member of the Russian Mafia....oh wait

[@portcityfishing1919]

Tell that to the family killed by these group.

[@VladTheImpaler454]

She has a point and its unfortunate that currently most nations are led by fear. Hence being so pre-occupied by defence and extremism. That being said I think they are shooting themselves in the foot by not detailing whether such groups will be closely monitored etc. Cutting back on military would be great as well, but only if everyone else did it too - and therein lies the problem

[@robertdegroot8302]

Uhhh, no... If you join a group, while knowing they commit crimes, you share guilt for those crimes as well. If you go live in the Islamic State, you're not just thinking, you're contributing to the problem through taxation and adding to IS's political leverage.

[@MySpace662]

Well Natalie Bennett; It's our thinking that motivates us to do what we do, whether it be right or wrong.

[@grandrayan9513]

It should be in balance. But if they preach to kill civilians or that their actions leads to hate against civilians then it should be a crime.

[@Menchjah]

Did she just compared ISIS to the ANC??!

[@GeriStorm]

BBC at its worst here!

[@zzbar7860]

GOOD LUCK UK

[@blazednlovinit]

Read the comments, no ones going to vote for her xD the only sympathisers i've actually seen in the comments are two chaps from the United States

[@nebuchadnezzarii2169]

I don't see what's wrong with what she said. Joining or sympathizing with a terrorist group should be a freedom of speech issue. The Ku Klux Klan is the oldest terrorist organization in the United States, but they are still allowed to hold public rallies, and their members are not arrested unless they have commit a crime.