Free speech
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CXRAndy
Shaman
this is the type of recording from Grokipedia V Wikipedia
View: https://x.com/DillonLoomis22/status/1982971618499473813?t=tSrsilf-qxVcEx75PWQQAg&s=19
bobzmyunkle
Veteran
CXRAndy
Shaman
@bobzmyunkle
Just to be clear are you accusimg me of being a paedophile?
Just to be clear are you accusimg me of being a paedophile?
Xipe Totec
Something nasty in the woodshed
Given that he's such a colossal Trump fan it really shouldn't be any surprise at all.
bobzmyunkle
Veteran
Not at all. I was suggesting that given your posting history, I would expect you to be resolutely against anything containing pedia.
CXRAndy
Shaman
Thats fine, I didn't want to make a mistake
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Ianonabike
Active Member
We should not need the court’s permission to criticise Islam
Those who believe in free speech, and those who are particularly concerned by plans to have ‘Islamophobia’ codified, ought to be delighted. A judge has ruled that criticising Islam, or viewing the faith as problematic, is a protected belief under equalities law.
As reported in The Sunday Telegraph this morning, an employment tribunal judge has found that Patrick Lee, 61, who was found guilty of misconduct last April by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries over posts on X – including one calling the Prophet Mohammed a ‘monster’ – was merely ‘critical of certain Islamic doctrines and practices, and not to individual followers of Islam or to the Islamic faith/religion at large.’
Mr Lee has now won legal protection for his beliefs. It’s the first time a court has ruled that ‘Islamic-critical’ beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. Previous claimants had been informed that such views were not ‘worthy of respect in a democracy’.
Those who believe in free speech ought to be to delighted. But they shouldn’t. While many will celebrate this verdict, it merely worsens matters in the wider scheme of things. It further entrenches the idea that the state can dictate what we can say – and even decide who we are.
Those who believe in free speech, and those who are particularly concerned by plans to have ‘Islamophobia’ codified, ought to be delighted. A judge has ruled that criticising Islam, or viewing the faith as problematic, is a protected belief under equalities law.
As reported in The Sunday Telegraph this morning, an employment tribunal judge has found that Patrick Lee, 61, who was found guilty of misconduct last April by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries over posts on X – including one calling the Prophet Mohammed a ‘monster’ – was merely ‘critical of certain Islamic doctrines and practices, and not to individual followers of Islam or to the Islamic faith/religion at large.’
Mr Lee has now won legal protection for his beliefs. It’s the first time a court has ruled that ‘Islamic-critical’ beliefs are protected under the Equality Act 2010. Previous claimants had been informed that such views were not ‘worthy of respect in a democracy’.
Those who believe in free speech ought to be to delighted. But they shouldn’t. While many will celebrate this verdict, it merely worsens matters in the wider scheme of things. It further entrenches the idea that the state can dictate what we can say – and even decide who we are.
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Ianonabike
Active Member
Granted not the most eloquent finale, but your three word critique is less than persuasive.
Today in free speech news: https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/30644
Lord Smith, the new Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, has said he will place the defence of free speech at the centre of his role, in an exclusive and wide-ranging interview with Varsity.
He got the job after promising to be "nothing at all like Goebbels." /joke
CXRAndy
Shaman
MSM all reading from the same script.
They are trying to create a narrative that free speech is out of control- no, it's just out of their control.
View: https://x.com/joeroganhq/status/1989825577855918266?t=GbyZxn0eLqhREWf1qT19Dw&s=19
They are trying to create a narrative that free speech is out of control- no, it's just out of their control.
View: https://x.com/joeroganhq/status/1989825577855918266?t=GbyZxn0eLqhREWf1qT19Dw&s=19
