Re: Corbyn's latest betrayal: I told you so.... Archived Message
Posted by dovetailjoint on February 27, 2019, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Corbyn's latest betrayal: I told you so...."
It's bizarre. If an MP can be gagged and forced to grovel like this, what chance for ordinary people is there? Without freedom of speech, what's democracy really worth? I seem to remember that during the great Rushdi debate about the Satanic Verses, the Guardian was emphatic that individuals had the right to offend people, Muslims and their perceptions and feelings, because the principle of freedom of speech was a cornerstone of our form of society, democracy and civilisation. Yet, now, causing offence to certain Jews, is off limits, even if one hasn't broken the law in any way.
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