Melanie Phillips

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The policing of wrongspeak

Hate crime is the expression of a totalitarian mindset

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Melanie Phillips
Nov 20, 2024
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British police demonstrating their understanding of a free society

According to The Times (UK £), doctors, vicars, social workers and other professionals have been investigated by the police for “non-crime hate incidents”. Oh — so too have nine year-olds.

Eh? Say again?! And what exactly is a non-crime hate incident? What do these words even mean? If the …

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