There‘s no punchline here. People are being arrested and charged with speech having nothing to with promoting hate or terrorism. And this is in addition to people who‘ve found themselves targeted by vindictive public servants for daring to publicly criticize their words or actions.

It‘s gotten so bad Amnesty International — an entity that usually spends its time decrying the acts of dictators and brutal authoritarians — has felt compelled to speak up about Spain‘s terrible speech laws.