The Ministry of Truth continues its inexorable march forward. People in the UK may soon face jail time if their on-line posts fall afoul of newly proposed sentencing guidelines. Depending on their relative popularity and position, they may face harsher fines. Politicians and people in the public eye face greater danger; sounds like the larger the audience, the larger the punishment. So if you're popular, and hold an unpopular opinion, WATCH OUT!
Read the Breitbart Article Here:
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/05/10/six-years-in-jail-proposed-for-online-hatred-of-religion-or-gender/
This is clearly designed to silence dissent. Although I am by no means a proponent of hate speech, I AM a proponent of free speech, the far greater principle .. and this proposal is clearly designed to shut down the free exchange of ideas in clearly contentious areas. Not everyone is in favor of certain religions. Not everyone is in favor of transgenderism (including some of the best scientific minds on the planet.) Do we really want to live in a world where prison is a distinct possibility for simply voicing opinions?
What do you all think about this? Is this progress? Germany did something similar, going further than any other western nation with regards to mandatory on-line censorship. They are now reviewing their policies, as they have had the "unintended effect" of silencing too much conversation. Of course, this is not an unintended effect at all. It is working exactly as intended!
Personally, I philosophically hate it .. anything that shuts down free speech is bad, in my mind, doubly so in areas where serious disagreement is present. For those areas, we NEED the ability for open discourse, otherwise future policies will be implemented based on assumptions that are completely false. "No one complains about this, so let's go further." Yeah, no one complains because it's been made ILLEGAL to complain. The slippery slope nature of this is rather scary, although we are so far down the slippery slope by this point, it's not even that shocking.
Brits need to wake up, fast.
They are, in my eyes, a perfect example of a country that slumbers while their freedoms are taken away. They've given away their right to protect themselves by giving up their guns. They've given up a great deal of national identity by opening their borders. They are the most highly surveiled country on the planet, and yet they are becoming a more and more violent society by the day. Nothing seems to be working for them .. it's all just getting worse .. and yet they keep piling on Orwellian laws, keep giving away their freedoms for .. I don't know for what actually. For the betterment of the NWO? For the improvement of the globalist agenda? Maybe they are trying to re-create the book 1984, in real life. They're doing a hell of a job.
What do you think? Is free speech more important than protecting the feelings of certain minorities? Is the UK overstepping boundaries here, or is this "for the good of us all?" Let me know in the comments.
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