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 Today I realised Nostr won't be the solution. 
It's too simple to criminalise tor. 
It's too simple to make it illegal for anyone to connect to any known relay. With or without tor.
Your ISP knows you are connecting to tor. They don't need to know what you post. They just need to start arresting a few users. 
It's just too easy to stop everyone and it's even easier for users to make mistakes. 

I'm in the UK. This place will soon turn into "that place". We don't have much time left. 

Please change my mind. 
nostr:nprofile1qqsqfjg4mth7uwp307nng3z2em3ep2pxnljczzezg8j7dhf58ha7ejgpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgqgmwaehxw309aex2mrp0yhxy6t5vdhkjmnsv9exktnrdaksz8rhwden5te0dehhxarj9ekh2arfdeuhwctvd3jhgtnrdaks9hhj2c? - you are my go-to person for questions of this type.  
 You are right, don't listen to anyone else! 
A government can use Nostrudel, see every relay you are talking to and IP Block it. 
If websites can easily block tor because they provide all of the IP's on the Tor website, they can block Tor too 
 That's not how governments act. 
They let you connect, create a log of 100 of us, go to their homes in the middle of the night, arrest you in front of your family, call all TV stations, radios, even live stream your trial and do as much advertising as possible and scare as many people as possible. 

That's how they do it. 
And it works.  
 Happy Mondays.