UK about to pass a new "thought crime" law
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TL;DW: The barrister explains how the Public Order Bill is about to become law and will criminalise thoughts and behaviours that cause harassment, intimidation, distress and harm to another person. He focuses on the silent prayer issue after an amendment to make it an exception was defeated. He also warns that the Government is preparing to make more views, opinions and beliefs criminal - warning viewers leaving comments on the video that their comment may one day be a criminal offence.
How in the world do they not see how subjective this is? Couldn’t a woman report a creepy (aka unattractive) guy for making her feel uncomfortable by flirting with her?
Yes. And there are other proposed laws that are due to deal with such behaviour going through Parliament now, such as the Online Safety Bill, Protection From Sex-Based Harassment in Public Bill and the Worker Protection Bill.
The one thing the Barrister pointed out in the video is that the Public Order Bill to deal with thought crime does not require someone to commit the behaviour more than once like the legal definition of harassment requires. Indeed the forthcoming bills will in some cases only require someone to do something just once to fall foul of the law.
In Scotland, covered by Count Dankula in a video last night, such behaviour could attract a prison sentence for up to seven years if the SNP do introduce a new misogyny law.
The ones making and enforcing these laws aren't stupid, they're evil. Wording it vaguely enough is the goal. That way they can make sure it's only used as a weapon against enemies of the party.
Only if the guy doesn't report her first for making him feel uncomfortable by not responding positively to his advances
What does this mean? Will it be illegal to pray silently?
Within a particular distance of an abortion clinic. There is scope to extend that to other forms of prayer and the distance covered, up to the whole of the UK. It's why the barrister warned of mission creep in the video.
God is calling for martyrs, I guess.
Women's dystopian vision edges ever closer.
George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Why the downvotes? He's right.
Without women's suffrage, things like this wouldn't have been such a problem. Now, politicians pander to women even more than the market does (most household buyers) - and women's preference for feelings over thought and safety over liberty has ultimately contributed (if not led) to the rise of the "big daddy" government and to the transformation from a once free country into the dystopian hellscape we see today.
That quote describes women being useful idiots for the establishment.