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Tim Ford Well they wont be laughing when they [asylum seekers] cant leave hotel. Ned Ma Tim Ford  so it is not a hotel if you cannot leave it Tim Ford Ned Ma  well they shouldn't fkn be there then scrounging c*nts need to fk off back to where they came from taking fkn British taxpayers money best thing they can do is leave the country Ned Ma Tim Ford  Well, I fundamentally disagree with you because of your language, the myths you have, the bigotry, etc. and the denial. I think by now you are already typing an insult to be hurled at me. Your comment is a nationalistic and a xenophobic one and has nothing to do with how migration in general is treated in a scientific and rational way. So, your extensive skills of using nice vocabulary will be admired by others here. I though see it as an immature language coming from an adult person living in a country with so much academic knowledge, history of migration, wars, empire, quality universities, critical thinking, struggle for ...

Free Speech?

Bullying and hostile environment made a Sussex University professor resign . Related

Free Speech

On the silencing of Trump by tech giants. “Ms Merkel said through her spokesman that the US government should follow Germany’s lead in adopting laws that restrict online incitement, rather than leaving it up to platforms such as Twitter and Facebook to make up their own rules.” FT It is also the same German government that attacks those who criticise Israel. Example: the BDS movement in Germany. France’s finance minister Bruno Le Maire told France Inter on Monday that he was “shocked” by Twitter’s move. He added: “Digital regulation should not be done by the digital oligarchy itself . . . Regulation of the digital arena is a matter for the sovereign people, governments and the judiciary.” FT France and free speech? No comment. One has only to look at the recent events in the country. John Naughton in Opinion section on the Guardian opined that the silencing of Trump highlights “the authoritarian power of tech giants.” Yes, Mr, Naughton, but you cannot control what you don’t own.  ...

France

“ Simplistic slogans are now a pillar of nationalism: France is under attack for its values, and all citizens are called to its defence against an amorphous enemy. This enemy is violent because it is Muslim, and so the political logic goes, all Muslims should be regarded with suspicion and any signs of religiosity with fear.” The right to offend Muslims is being weaponised Related It is Macron and his government that are in crisis I am a teacher

Free Speech

 Atkinson, to my surprise, has echoed some of I what have personally experienced in England: the intolerance of people to my views and criticism and even their opposition to my free speech. Repression without a police state.

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