Rowan Atkinson on free speech
An evening pause: A different way to enter the weekend. This speech by this comedian was given about a decade ago as part of a campaign to change British law to get the word ‘insulting’ removed from Section 5 of the Public Order Act, as part of the Crime and Courts Bill. The campaign succeeded, but it appears the modern police and governments (from both sides of the political spectrum) in Great Britain have recently decided to ignore it. If you are conservative and criticize illegal immigration or Islam, those governments have decided that this speech is now illegal. I like this quote most of all:
“For me, the best way to increase society’s resistance to insulting or offensive speech is to allow a lot more of it. As with childhood diseases you can better resist those germs to which you have been exposed.”
Too bad we appear to have decided to abandon this wise philosophy, not only in regards to speech, but to infectious diseases as well.
Hat tip Rex Ridenoure.
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We HAVE come to fear the fear itself.
We have reached a point where too many people are too easily insulted or offended. Many are overly sensitive to any sort of criticism or challenge. On the other hand, many simply DESIRE to be insulted or offended, as such feelings allow them to blame others for their own life failures.
Related: Directly related:
“CONSPIRACY THEORIST” : U.N. = GLOBALISTS = DEMOCRAT
“Does the forced invasion of Europe and America by people from dissimilar cultures now begin to make sense to you? Why have the radical Democrats held open the Southern border and millions invited by President Joe Biden himself from all over the world have rushed in? ”
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/the-conspiracy-theorist-the-u-n-globalists
Sweet! Now all of us who comment on Robert’s blog are not only on U.S. government watch lists, but U.K. government watch lists!
“UK police commissioner threatens to extradite, jail US citizens over online posts: ‘We’ll come after you'”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/uk-police-commissioner-threatens-to-extradite-jail-us-citizens-over-online-posts-well-come-after-you/ar-AA1oy4bC
In 1776 the British tried to take away our guns. We shot them.
https://t.ly/dZY5_
(Warning: language)
James, we Texans repeated that in 1836 when young Mexico abandoned the promises of its 1824 constitution. Its current leftist leaders and those of the UK may need reminders.
And the Democrat party’s response?
“WE HAVE TO REWRITE THE CONSTITUTION!”
https://dailycaller.com/2024/08/30/law-school-dean-tells-msnbc-time-scrap-constitution/
If the Leftists within were able to have their way in all things they are focused on there would be no call to touch the Constitution.
And there we can all se the reason that the Constitution is doing exactly what it was intended to accomplish, the counterbalance to the abuse of political power.
The Constitution is “outdated”?
The Constitution was built for what it is being put under today, treason and sedition by one political party in their pursuit to dominate the political landscape. and their response?
When they attain the political power embedded within the Constitution regarding the presidency? Flood the country with illegal aliens with no allegiance to the country but would have an allegiance to a political party that has allowed them in and enriched them in order to defeat the intent of the Constitution.
A rose by any other name would be treason!
And that is exactly what the radical Democrat party, the RINO’s, the leadership of the FBI and the CIA are clearly in league to accomplish. They seek unbridled political control without any hinderances that a populous that a Constitution empowers to direct their government may provide.
The Constitution structures an adversarial struggle I.E. political warfare.
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/core-sigma3ioc-observations-reading
“Always Remember: Politics is not about truth and morality. Politics is about winning and the control of and the retention of power. Truth and morality are not the business that any politician or government is in.”
How do we fight political warfare in America? LAWYERS, COURTS AND MONEY.
The dominant powers that be wish to “simplify” that model for their own convenience and agenda.
And who do they need to install in the position of “president”? A donut shop lady, a fraud, Potemkin facade. And to be sure a real donut shop lady would be far more qualified in the position of the president.
https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/kamala-donuts-i-love-donuts
We are all being psychologically manipulated sometimes very subtly and sometimes it is overt and by force, right in your face. Kamala Harris (D) is the latter.
The word “abusive”, which was inserted into the 1986 Public Order Act in 2014, is used to arrest people for being insulting.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/64#commentary-c21446761
Quoting an old article:
“We can all pursue happiness at once. Entitlements, on the other hand, require someone else to provide me with the substantive good that the exercise of rights pursues. The right to work, for example, is fundamentally different from the right (entitlement) to a job; the right to marry does not entitle me to a spouse; the right to free speech does not entitle me to an audience.“
Rewriting the bill of rights, Obamas negative liberties.
https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/blog/58356
“We’ve come to fear the fear itself”
Didn’t Michael Crichton write a book called “State of Fear? Where is the subject matter is the creation of the global warming narrative to take the place of the collapsed Soviet union and the Cold War.
Here’s a website dedicated to the next thing to fear.
https://theblogginghounds.com/2024/08/28/official-nasa-documents-confirm-plans-for-mass-extinction-event-in-2025/
The left live in a world where the background music is that Beatles song ‘Imagine’.
If all nations were equal and all peoples were equal then we would not need borders and the world would live in peace.
The problem with that 60’s ideology is that it totally ignored peoples individual motivations.
The Beatles actually learned it though.
The band started a clothing store back in the the day. All the cloths were branded Beatles and sold well. The problem was the store was open to the public and hippy fans just stole all the cloths. They closed the store inside a very short time..
https://www.beatlesbible.com/1967/12/07/the-apple-boutique-opens/