https://reclaimthenet.org/the-uk-government-is-considering-a-new-looser-definition-of-extremism
I did post about this in the Tommy Robinson thread but wanted to leave that post to focus on him specifically (tl;dr - he's guaranteed to be labelled an extremist for being critical of Government and Islam). It however, has a much wider range of consequences if this goes ahead.
The current definition is the:
“vocal or active opposition to fundamental British values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.”
The new addition will be:
“The promotion or advancement of any ideology which aims to overturn or undermine the UK’s system of parliamentary democracy, its institutions and values; or threaten the rights of individuals or create a permissive environment for radicalization, hate crime and terrorism.”
The definition will be statutory - in other words, decided or controlled by law.
It will bring about the effective implementation of Blasphemy and Lese-majeste laws where protesting Government policies, criticism of the state, of certain foreign states, ideologies, religions, royalty and politicians will be defined within the new vague definition of extremism. Political opposition will also fall within the definition, the article gives an example of the Scottish National Party stance on nationalism. The Muslim Council of Britain, Palestine Action and Muslim Engagement and Development could also be defined as extremist under the new definition.
You may have notice in recent times that the Labour Party has turned into the Red Tories and the Tories are purging members who are on the right of the party, such as Suella Braverman and Lee Anderson. And why we've now got a Uniparty situation where the only thing that changes is the colour of the rosette and the ribbon.
Another few examples I could give will be JK Rowling, Graham Linehan and Sharon Davies MBE and their strong stance on biological sex in society and sport as well as acknowledging the biological reality of sexual dimorphism.
It will result in groups being required to be deplatformed, banks will have to debank them and funding will have to stop for those groups/individuals (think the Canadian truckers). The fear being is that people will be jailed, people will have to flee the country and claim political asylum or the Government could strip citizenship, even if it makes them stateless, from critics and dissenters.
We're also at a time where there is pressure to "protect the children" using the examples of Molly Russell and Brianna Ghey to push a new agenda to deal with American social media conglomerates broadcasting "hate" and "extremism" with the solution being lobbied being a national Intranet where you impose a Ofcom regulated and controlled walled garden with electronic border checks for data coming in and out of the Internet.
If you're outside of the UK in a western country, keep an eye on developments in the UK as early as this week. It is coming to you.
Let me guess? The group responsible for 99% of terror deaths in the UK will get another pass.
And the new focus will be “white teenagers questioning if mass immigration is an unalloyed benefit”
Right on cue from the BBC today: https://archive.is/oTXcI
Obvious truths are bad mmkay
Yep. The new definition is obviously anti-islamic, anti-communist etc. but it won't be used as such.
The UK was doomed the moment Labour opened the floodgates under the leadership of Blair.
Are the dropping the pretense and just outlawing White people yet?
Everything I don't like is extremism. The UK's guide to shutting you up.
Hadrian's Firewall?
What's wrong with extremism?
The definition of extremism fit the ideology of the Communist Party of Great Britain but we all know that they will get a pass.
Only in terms of social consequences but not legal ones. This addition will ensure that it can be classed as extremism and given legal consequences.
They'll attempt to make exemptions to the first amendment and will take it to the Supreme Court if needs be to make precedents. They're not going to be the odd one out when every other western country is falling in line.