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Some might consider banning somebody else's speech a "hateful" act.

We don't have 'free speech' here in the UK. Her comments have instigated hate crimes [1]. This isn't a hateful act; she's an awful person that doesn't need amplifying.

1. https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manches...

So who are the gatekeepers of what speech is allowed and what speech is not? Must we all now conform to some proclaimed philosophy and not be allowed to even discuss alternatives?

"Alternatives": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Hopkins#Views_and_contro...

I guess so...

Anyone in the US who is paying attention knows about the surveillance and censorship in the UK. Twitter is a US company.

Freedom of speech or the “right to say anything you want” is a myth. I’m sure you view would be different if someone started tweeting hateful things towards you that incited others to take potential harmful actions, no?

This is the problem with the internet. It is evolving into a platform for disseminating hate and careful crafted malicious fake “realities” and events.

Our society and our brains haven’t had time to evolve to it.

All good things eventual evolve into bad. Something like that.

Actually no. I'm not so fragile that I cannot bear to hear criticism or even abuse. Our younger generation has seemed to have invented some sort of new "right to not be offended." This is far more dangerous than "hate speech." I'm also quite prepared to defend myself, my family, and my property if necessary.

>Our younger generation has seemed to have invented some sort of new "right to not be offended."

I don't necessarily agree with the rest of your comments. But I upvoted you for this.

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