That’s a very extreme position

There have always been limits on the freedom of speech, even in Britain, where the law has generally been on the side of free speech.

UK common law has traditionally been concerned with public order rather than with censorship. To be criminal, words have to be intended (or known to be likely) to stir up hatred against vulnerable categories of people. And the main UK legislation provides a broad exemption for the protection of free speech which permits expressions of hostility, dislike, ridicule, insult or abuse.

That’s a sensible legal framework, but it needs to be applied properly

Posted By: Old Git on September 2nd 2025 at 12:44:38

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Graham Lineham arrested. (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 11:41:50
- 🎆🎆🎆🎆🎇🎇🎇🎇💯💯 💯💯💯🎇🎇🎇🎇🎆🎆🎆 🎆 (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Sep 2, 20:00:48
- Quick point of order to anyone saying the tweets weren't that bad (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 2, 18:27:34
  - And let's be clear. His remarks were flippant (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 18:48:17
    - And let's be clear, his flippant remarks (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 2, 18:55:05
      - Well that's a shame. If shes actually a woman ( I assume yes) (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 19:03:55
        
        You missed the point (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 2, 21:30:39
        
        Well its a shame that she has taken this road in life (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 21:59:22
        
        Well, have a good life Mr judgy judgy (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Sep 2, 22:09:03
        
        I know. And I stand by my thoughts (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 22:14:00
  - Well if said individual does have balls (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 18:44:14
- 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:05:11
  - You are amazing Mr Lentil , or Mrs , or they them (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 17:10:55
    - What does that mean ? Im genuinely interested? (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 17:13:27
      - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:41:21
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:12:09
- Stephen Pollard has this to say about it (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 2, 15:46:35
  - Pollard is a thick, misinformed cunt. Hope this helps (n/m) (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Sep 2, 22:38:13
  - Thats a pretty balanced view. (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 2, 18:35:30
  - Sums it up , inciting violence... lol (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 15:52:49
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:44:34
- Is he still being a transphobic hater? (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 14:18:07
  - Is he far right , a nazi that needs to be off the street ? (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 14:28:45
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:06:33
    - What i find weird is you had a fee days off doing this repulsive shit.It was almost normal (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 15:37:09
      - You say bollocks - I say debate about a news story (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 15:57:30
        
        cunt (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 16:49:09
        
        So eloquent, such a charming man. (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 17:00:36
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:03:31
- oh linehan (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 2, 13:24:27
  - Many thanks for your opinion (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 13:28:33
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:41:51
    - Are you from the north or something? (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 2, 13:30:35
      - Sounds very much like 'you're not from around here' (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 13:33:49
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:44:59
        
        Thanks James, another wonderful addition to the debate (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 13:41:42
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:48:35
        
        Well that nails your age (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Sep 2, 14:28:22
        
        Well done Inspector Morse. You'll go far lad (n/m) (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 14:29:51
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:45:17
        
        God you're a tit (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 2, 13:38:54
        
        He really is an absolute throbber (n/m) (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 2, 13:52:58
        
        And people give it attention 🥴 (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Sep 2, 14:31:58
        
        Ha ha (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 2, 13:45:36
- Down with this sort of thing! (n/m) (General Chat) - col canary, Sep 2, 13:16:55
  - lol (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 14:16:40
- It’s a shame that you know sweet fa about football and so stink this place out with crap. (n/m) (General Chat) - Boyer, Sep 2, 12:51:08
  - Is this true? Do we need a general football quiz. (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 12:57:16
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:43:35
- it depends what he said ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 2, 12:04:09
  - He mispronounced longevity. (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 2, 13:17:51
    - hanging is to good for him (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 2, 14:33:08
      - or as I prefer it, hanjeging (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Sep 2, 15:56:53
  - If accurately reported his arrest is absurd (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 2, 12:33:06
    - Yep and if thats the standard in the UK expect SCC to be arrested. (General Chat) - usacanary, Sep 2, 18:39:26
    - His first tweet literally encouraged physical violence. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, Sep 2, 13:22:02
      - And trans activists regularly carry signs calling for death and violence (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 13:26:49
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:47:14
    - If accurately reported indeed. (General Chat) - trafford_canary, Sep 2, 13:17:06
    - I'd quite like to punch a certain serpentine footballer in the balls. (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Sep 2, 12:49:27
    - Absurd is the world we live in. The police are a joke (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 12:36:55
      - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:45:52
  - Take a look. Even calling his tweets mean is a stretch. (n/m) (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 12:28:51
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:50:45
    - They’re definitely (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 2, 12:39:49
      - Are they ? Its good the police have the resources to deal with mean (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 12:43:59
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:49:23
      - …at least mean (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 2, 12:40:07
        
        Really?? (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 2, 12:46:21
        
        Here's a photo you can definitely smell..... (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Sep 2, 12:56:49
        
        😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 2, 12:58:39
        
        Well yes, abusive and therefore mean (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 2, 12:48:04
        
        That is very true and he’s done many interviews about it (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 2, 12:55:51
        
        He was targeted for an episode he wrote that mocked trans (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 12:55:13
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:43:03
        
        ...and his wife (General Chat) - norwaay, Sep 2, 13:05:07
        
        Yes, he's made it his whole life, which just seems incomprehesively weird (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 2, 13:09:14
        
        He lost his career before his wife (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 13:10:46
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:40:39
        
        *incomprehensibly (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Sep 2, 13:10:42
- Does the fact that it is on Twitter give you the right to say whatever you want? (n/m) (General Chat) - Klobo04, Sep 2, 11:52:38
  - No... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 2, 12:21:13
  - Yes. It should. Policing speech is woeful (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 11:56:57
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:39:57
    - That’s a very extreme position (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 2, 12:44:38
      - Well , I'm more a free speech liberal (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 12:49:41
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:39:24
        
        Anything? Adults grooming children online? Think it through. (n/m) (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 2, 14:09:44
        
        I imagine online grooming is a very specific offence (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 14:17:11
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:08:09
        
        Correct although you said you were in favour of total free speech. Same logic applies to (General Chat) - The Gaffer, Sep 2, 14:25:21
        
        That’s about current application (General Chat) - Old Git, Sep 2, 12:58:06
        
        Yes , I get that. And perhaps being slightly provocative (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 13:01:48
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:38:41
  - I wouldn’t waste your time trying to engage (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Sep 2, 11:55:39
    - Says the voice of reason (n/m) (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 11:57:37
      - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:07:25
- absolutely nothing at all, nada. (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 2, 11:43:41
  - Your thoughts appreciated. Bless you x (n/m) (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 11:44:57
    - 🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:07:51
    - not a problem, carry on 🎣 (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 2, 11:46:06
      - Some people may not follow such stories (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 11:51:02
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:07:09
        
        You broaden your knowledge and understanding. (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, Sep 2, 12:06:35
        
        of absolutely zero. (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorcee, Sep 2, 12:07:18
        
        Thanks babe. Your insight is invaluable (General Chat) - Disco, Sep 2, 12:28:06
        
        🤏 (n/m) (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Sep 2, 17:06:50

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