War on Woke

I agree. Frankly I think it's all got rather silly.
I work with many coloured colleagues both African and Asian, we have a new neighbour, a special needs teacher of older teenagers in London -a demanding job at the best of times -whose family originate from Ghana, and the colour of their skin is not even something I either care, worry or think about. All that bothers me is that they are good neighbours and competent colleagues which they are. This may upset some of the get on the bandwagon Woke contingent, but my experience is they can be just as racialist amongst themselves.
You cannot rewrite history. Learn from its positive and negative aspects and build on that .

Unis should encourage a wide range of ideas and free speech including those not "state approved" such as criticism of Boris and co, but the line has to be drawn at extremism as that is a danger to society.

I am different to the Woke brigade as I don't object to people having an opinion that isn't politically correct as long as they express it politely and in a way that isn't actually dangerous to anyone.

The only thing more annoying than woke people are those who incessantly go on about and complain about woke people.

Where exactly is this 'pro capitalist propaganda'? Merely being from a capitalist source (the basis of our society) does not ipso facto make it propaganda..

No it isn't the very definition of a curtailment on free speech as it's predominantly the woke brigade trying to silence people from expressing their opinion, which is why the goverment have decided that the more extreme examples should be reined in. It's healthy to question someone else for having an opinion you disagree with but it's not healthy to villainize them in the way that the woke brigade increasingly do as this could be seen as just another form of bullying.

No it isnt... and you know it isnt. In this context being 'woke' is the silencing of opinions/thoughts they dont agree with, ordering a university to not ban people from speaking is ipso facto not curtailing free speech.

In terms of universities undermining the social fabric of the country though? Why would you support that? Or is this your support for universities peddling the CCP line? Either way it seems this needs explaining to you. There is a difference between univsersities teaching the history and policies of the UK warts and all (right and proper), this is not the same as a university giving an airbrushed version of the topics that seeks to present the nation as worse than Hitler - it is self evident that this is not eaching as opposed to indoctrinating malleable young minds. It would seem completely proper to stop such behaviour. Or would you be perfectly happy to see the promotion of right wing ideas in universities and the eradication of any leftwing point of view (this being what the policy seeks to address).

This does all lead to one simple question though, do you think students are smart enough to be able to make their own decisions on a balanced curriculum or that theyre too dimwitted and need to be spoon fed Maoist, translobby and black nationalist propaganda? (these seeming to be the big three at issue).

Who decides what is "politely and in a way that isn't actually dangerous to anyone".
You?

It seems that there are now more people offended by the idea of other people being offended, than there were people offended in the first place.

yes I have been appointed as the government's Free Speech Champion


That point has already been raised and is based on not very much "it seems".

So you claim to support free speech while also supporting fining universities who are 'too critical' of the UK.

I do support free speech and it's not all about fining unis for being "too critical" of the UK it's about lots of other things too - the example I gave early on was the bullying JK Rowling got online for a joke she made. I support the fact that people were free to disagree with her comment but to call her transphobic was a step too far. Same as if someone makes a joke about Islam that doesn't make them Islamophobic in my opinion.

Some common sense needs to be applied - was the comment/speech designed to cause serious offence? If not, then there is no reason to over react just because someone's feelings got hurt.

So why do you support the govt fining unis for being too criticial of the UK?

Do you support the UK govt banning schools using sources from anti capitalist organisations?

How about people getting offended because one hospital decided to use the term 'chestfeeding' in relation to trans men?

You simply cannot be genuine in your support for free speech if you support the above.

I don't see why people should have got offended with the hospital using the term chestfeeding, but I think it was more that people disagreed with the idea of changing the terminology for all patients and spending public money on changing all the literature, rather than just using appropriate language when dealing with this one patient in the sensitive way you would hope any NHS employees would use.

It wasn't changing the terminology for all patients. It changed it only in relation to trans men (less than 1%). The term breastfeeding will be used for all cis women.

Yet there seemed to be mass outrage at that. What's the problem with it? I hardly think it would have cost a lot of money to change the wording on some leaflets.

The idea was to change terminology in many different situations and the outrage was because the NHS is paid for out of taxpayers money so people thought it was a waste of their money

https://metro.co.uk/2021/02/10/brighton-midwives-told-to-say-chestfeeding-to-be-more-inclusive-14055419/

Do I support the UK govt banning schools using sources from anti capitalist organisations?

This link refers to organisations with “a publicly stated desire to abolish or overthrow democracy, capitalism, or to end free and fair elections”; opposition to freedom of speech; the use of racist, including antisemitic, language; the endorsement of illegal activity" so no I don't support that source being used in school. Do you?

It was in one hospital in relation to trans men. Excuse my cynacism, but I hardly think people's concern was genuinely about the miniscule costs of changing 'breastfeeding' to 'chestfeeding' on a handful of leaflets.

You say you're opposed to offence culture, but this is a prime example of it. People becoming outraged and offended over absolutely nothing.

So sources from organisations that oppose the current economic system should be banned?

Obvisoily of said sources promoted violence, or were racist or discriminatory in nature they shouldn't be allowed. But merely opposing an economic system and arguing in favour of another one absolutely should not be banned at all.

If you allow sources from organisations which support capitalism but don't allow sources from organisations that oppose it, then you don't support free speech at all.

Who decides which views are "a danger to society"?