Tuesday, July 26, 2016



UK: Crackdown on hate speech after Brexit vote: Perpetrators to face tougher sentences

If this were a crackdown on hate crime, it would be understandable -- but it seems it is not.  It is a crackdown on negative speech.  In which case we might ask if the same applies to Muslim hate speech, which is to be heard in mosques across the land with great frequency

A crackdown on hate crime will be unveiled by the Government this week after a surge in reported incidents since the EU referendum.

The 'anti-hate crime action plan' will include moves to give perpetrators tougher sentences, as well as provide £2.4 million for security measures at synagogues, mosques, churches and other places of worship.

New Home Secretary Amber Rudd said last night it was 'completely unacceptable' for people to suffer abuse or attacks because of their nationality or ethnic background.

She added: 'Hatred directed against any community, race or religion has no place whatsoever in our diverse society and it needs to be kicked to the kerb.

'We are Great Britain because we are united by values like democracy, free speech, mutual respect and opportunity for all.

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There's a defective brain somewhere here: Cracking down on speech in the name of free speech is on the very border of mental illness.



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

There's a defective brain somewhere here: Cracking down on speech in the name of free speech is on the very border of mental illness.

Jon gets it right once again.
Political Correctness is a mental illness.

Bird of Paradise said...

Deective brains Hey our goverments full of them enviroentalists groups are also full of defective brains and the 9th Circus Courts full of defective brains as well

Anonymous said...

Objective surveys have shown clearly that even so-called "moderate" Muslims in Britain and the West despise democratic values as they are by definition the antithesis of Islamic values.

Anonymous said...

"We are Great Britain because we are united by values like democracy, free speech, mutual respect and opportunity for all."
However, if you try to criticise those who would deny those very same freedoms to others you will be labelled a bigot, charged and sentenced to jail...
Welcome to the United Kingdom 2016!

Anonymous said...

Nobody has ever accused politicians of being logical. They desire to clamp free speech because it gives them an avenue to shut down their critics.