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So they have managed to shut down Lineker and Attenborough in one day. The sooner this lot are cleared out the better.
Whatever happened to free speech? This from the same bunch who have been calling people who don’t agree with their vile views snowflakes.
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An absolute joke. No doubt Bucks will fire away and say we don’t care about other examples, but I would argue that I have called out similar nonsense (e.g. the Dahl books) which infringes upon free speech and doesn’t cross a line.
Alan Sugar, Andrew Neil, Deborah Meaden and others have used social media to voice their arguments, and they should be free to, no matter their stance. It doesn’t matter that I think Linekar was wrong headed, he is his own person and what he said is perfectly permissible in a free country.
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Shearer and Wright walked out as should all BBC staff in protest. This Government needs to stop trying to control the media by appointing their mates to run it.
Monty Python, Spitting Image and a whole host of other programs would not be allowed by this lot. Bucks needs to get his Mary Whitehouse granny dress on and his handbag out.
They were elected to run the country. Get on with it. Gagging Attenborough is definitely not one of the people’s priorities.
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Shearer walking out is pleasing on two levels!
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If I were ever compared to 1930’s Germany…. My next move wouldn’t be to silence critics on the state media….
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Indeed Lineker was speaking of a time BEFORE the Holocaust. Lineker is not a stupid person, for an ex footballer he’s quite intelligent. The current government are seeking to confuse the issue. We should all take these events as a warning.
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The BBC news staff continually fail to challenge politicians on obvious lies. This whole argument has been caused by a deliberately false narrative about what he didn’t write, including by Bucks on here.
They all had a good quality of education, but apparently are not able to read and comprehend a single paragraph.
As Iron Age states above, Lineker was talking about language used BEFORE the Nazis came to power.
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“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear”, George Orwell.
Quote on a statue outside the BBC building!!
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“This is just an immeasurably cruel policy directed at the most vulnerable people in language that is not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the ’30s”
Not dissimilar, he didn’t say the same as, as bad as or equivalent. The point he was making was just about the language which does have similarities. Demonisation, judgemental, breaking international laws and agreements, inhumane, over exaggerating the numbers and the problem. Braverman talked about billions coming here.
Many “similarities” there.
The BBC impartiality guidance specifically refers to sports presenters being a lower risk group in their responsibility in expressing their opinions and the requirement to be impartial.
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I don’t think he broke impartiality guidelines and have nothing against him airing his opinion as he did. I can disagree or think it’s an unwise analogy and fight for his right to say it.
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Here’s the answer BS.
“Hate speech laws in England and Wales are found in several statutes. Expressions of hatred toward someone on account of that person’s colour, race, sex, disability, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origin, religion, gender reassignment, or sexual orientation is forbidden”.
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The only time I can think of that involves you stepping beyond the line is when you called Abbott a baboon. All the other times you aired comments I disagreed with has not made me think they should be removed. You are free to spout as much waffle as you want, and neither your comments here or Linekar’s go beyond the line for me.
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