Submitted on Saturday 24th September 2016
Rejected on Friday 2nd December 2016
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Stop jailing people for posting offensive, none threatening comments online.
I, aswell as a number of people I share online media with are all fed up of having to be careful about what we say online incase one of us is the next victim, reported to the police for causing offence to some whiny little justice warrior. Being offensive isn't harmful and people need to chill out!
I believe the article below is a great write up on this subject. I feel I must bring attention to what Thomas Hughes, executive director of free speech organisation says about this as I feel his statement on this subject is a very realistic one:
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2014/jun/13/jail-someone-for-being-offensive-twitter-facebook
Long live free speech and the right to offend! Offensive language isn't dangerous. Only threatening language is. Differentiation between the two is crucial.
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