Fightback On Wokery

[Khandro]

'...........Ministers will fine universities which stifle freedom of speech and tell heritage groups "public funds must never be used for political purposes" in a major new bid to torpedo efforts at rewriting Britain's history, The Sunday Telegraph can disclose.

Gavin Williamson, the Education secretary, will announce this week that a 'Free Speech Champion' will be given powers to defend free speech and academic freedom on campuses.

Colleges or student bodies that try to cancel, dismiss or demote people over their views will be sanctioned in a major Government escalation on the 'war on woke'........'

and about time I would say, do you agree?

[margarettom]

Yes. There are some more interesting points in that article too.

[emmie]

not before time - this has been getting out of hand for some time...

[naomi24]

Good.

[LadyCG]

2021 is turning out to be a very good year!

[fcc]

Agree.

[burlyshirley]

I most certainly do agree.

[eve1974]

About time indeed ...

however....

I suspect that the Free Speech Champion will be a damp squib

[Atheist]

Is Gavin Williamson trying to stop free speech for those who speak out about other people's free speech? What a tangled web we weave! You can't have it both ways.

[pixie374]

Yes.

[ladybirder]

Yes I do agree.

[naomi24]

Atheist, //What a tangled web we weave! You can't have it both ways. //

Yes you can. If anything weaves a tangled web it's determination to silence opposition. I should be entitled to disagree with you - which I do - and you should be entitled to disagree with me - which you do. No one should be silenced other than by rational, freely spoken argument. Anyone who champions anything less should think very seriously indeed about what they're supporting. In other words be careful what you wish for.

[douglas9401]

You can get excited about worthless agitators or live your life.

There will be no official fight-back on revisionism, just deal with it head-on as it arises in your life.
Politicians are gutless liars, only in it for themselves.

I apologise to any seven year olds for wrecking their dreams.

[Peter Pedant]

// If anything weaves a tangled web it's determination to silence opposition. //
I dont think I would use a tangled web but well a water soaked blanket....very literary tho

tangled web as bullshot baffles brains.... possibly
web is not a net - so it breaks easily and yet traps small things

coffee calls

[Peter Pedant]

big thing this week end
wokery
as a result of covid fatigue?