I also think it was excessive but the judges sentencing remarks[0] add some context. The primary issue is that the categorisation of the offence was high, but she could have done a better job of showing remorse. She didn't clock that they'd be able to read her WhatsApp messages.

[0] https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/R-v-Lucy...

Musk and his ilk care about dog whistle topics that can be used to trigger people into supporting them.

The emphasis on 'rape gangs', 'immigrants' and 'asylum seekers' isn't just objectively untrue, it's cynically manipulative. It's fundamentally a toxic and calculated form of marketing and branding.

And also a cynical distraction from - for example - the Epstein story and Musk's appearances in it.

There was a lot of this around Brexit. Many supporters voted to 'stop them coming over here'.

The government then ramped up immigration - a lot. For some reason the press failed to report this.

>>The whole paragraph about Musk and rape gangs is nonsense, of course. The biggest rape gang ever convicted in the UK was entirely white. Musk and his ilk only care about rape when the rapists are not white.

They only care when the rapists are coming from outside the UK, and being protected by the authorities.

>>On average immigrants are slightly less likely to commit sexual assaults (obviously averaging across many different groups).

I think that is called picking your sample carefully. No-one is worried about EG the Chinese or the French.