Comments on: Great moments in U.K. hate speech law

By: Fox2!

Fox2! — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 03:08:34 +0000

In reply to VMS. Isn't that one of Alinsky's Rules? Make the enemy live fully by his own rules?

By: Canvasback

Canvasback — Fri, 20 Jan 2017 00:47:04 +0000

Prosecutors investigating political speech. I would also file this one under the “Can’t happen here” category. Until it does.

By: Noncenx

Noncenx — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 22:48:16 +0000

In reply to VMS. That was my first thought too, a cottage industry of aggrieved people having every utterance reported as hate speech

By: great unknown

great unknown — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:35:25 +0000

I would suggest that this complaint was a hate crime against British workers, and should be so reported.

By: VMS

VMS — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 15:54:45 +0000

Since each complaint has to be recorded, I’m surprised that there is not an organized attempt to report everything, so that the government is so overwhelmed that they cannot separate the chaff from the wheat.