Comments by "marie parker" (@marieparker3822) on "Do the cases of Alex Jones In the USA and Alex Belfield in Britain signal the end of free speech?" video.

  1. Oh, dear, Simon. First, there is no comparison between Alex Jones and Alex Bellfield. Secondly, just a few names of people in the news in the past year. Perhaps you would care to research them on the internet: Maya Forstater, Allison Bailey, J K Rowling, Graham Linehan, Kathleen Stock, Harry Miller, the army veteran who was recently arrested. There are tens of thousands of less eminent people who now have a police record (lasting six years) which could prevent them getting a job, for saying or writing something deemed to be 'hurtful' by just one person, which is then defined by the police as a 'non-crime hate incident'. Last month K-J Kean was visited at her home by the police because someone whose name we don't know complained to them about her hate speech, which consisted of the complainant deeming that K-J had said something 'untoward' about paedophiles. She has been threatened with prosecution for putting up, at her own expense, a poster saying, 'Woman, noun, adult human female'. This is defined by the police as 'hate speech'. Scotland is worse. There, you can be prosecuted for saying something 'untoward' in your own home. We are in a parlous situation - very dangerous.
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  2. Another comment to add to my earlier one: Simon, I strongly recommend that you see a Lotus Eaters podcast of two days ago - 'London's Islamic Police Force - arrested for being a victim'. This is an interview of Hatun Tash by Josh of Lotus Eaters, and it shows the 15 to 20 police officers that the taxpayer pays for every Sunday to stand at Speakers' Corner, enforcing lack of freedom of speech, and ensuring the practice of Sharia Law in this country. Perhaps - and I am willing to be corrected on this - it is easier and feels safer for a dozen or more policemen to arrest a slightly built and avowedly non-violent lady than to deal with 15 or so burly, shouting and screaming men who are threatening (sometimes actually committing) violence in front of them, and who are quite explicit about their complete lack of respect for the law of this country. When Hatun Tash, who was stabbed in the neck in front of the 15 or 20 police officers, with apparent impunity, complained about the many death threats she received, the police response was, 'Dogs that bark don't bite'. Well, what has just happened to Salman Rushdie a few hours ago gives the lie to this.
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