It's highly likely that Orwell would disapprove of today's 'hate speech' laws. I say this in acknowledgement that using figures of the past as support for the present is always dubious.

Still, these laws didn't exist in his day and he never called for increased public censorship of speech in Britain, not that I'm aware of.

I still regard Rowan Atkinson's original words on this issue as very relevant.

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Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Aug 2018 9.54am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

It just underlines that, very frequently, those who are loudest in condemning intolerance are, in fact, the most intolerant of all.

Remember, we are talking about speech here.....the expression of thought.

Outside of incitement to murder it's a bloody disgrace what the left have instigated and the 'right' have maintained.

The US is now the only country in the anglosphere which has real state maintained free speech.......even though the far left silicon valley companies no longer do.

Edited by Stirlingsays (14 Aug 2018 11.23am)

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

They reap the benefits of capitalism, yet preach Marxism by socially engineering speech on their platforms. Plus censoring and shadow banning people on the right, which has been in the news many times. They also back the Democrats, so yes, they are on the left. When it comes to money, their socialist principles are nowhere to be seen, just like all socialists.

Edited by Penge Eagle (14 Aug 2018 11.45am)

Few of us imagine, surely, that the press is not subject to censorship.

In our daily lives however we still can speak freely.

It is a question of degree, not of one against the other.

Why do you lot have to try and put everything in neat little political boxes? Why are you not allowed to make money if you also have a social conscience?