Have you noticed that we live in an age where a variety of different campaigns are constantly calling for the invention of a new hate crime? Groups as disparate as vegans and fat people are demanding to be protected through the enactment of new hate crime legislation. In the wake …
Read More »Am I to be labelled a hate criminal now that there’s a new law against misogyny? If so, thousands of women will be in the dock too
With international flights grounded and many hotels razed, the travel industry teeters on the brink of terminal decline. Yet, despite this devastating consequence of Covid-19, I predict that Britain’s airports will soon be packed with people desperate to flee the country. Not just holidaymakers embarking on last-minute deals, but grown …
Read More »Live broadcasting of misogyny, violence & even death: The growth of ‘trash-streaming’, a disturbing Russian internet sub-culture
In essence, trash streamers make money by taking payments for their on-screen actions. Viewers, sometimes in their thousands, send donations with commands for things the streamer should do. Often, these include humiliating other on-screen guests, or offering cash to young girls for performing sexualized actions on camera. ‘Trash-streaming’ has become …
Read More »It’s not misogyny to point out Kamala Harris’ many failings… men and women alike should be fearful if she becomes president
The ‘Manosphere’ – an ecosystem of blogs, message boards and Discord channels populated by unabashed male chauvinists who believe women shouldn’t even be voting, let alone serving in office – is terrified by the prospect of Kamala Harris becoming the US’ first female president. So says Jezebel, at least – …
Read More »With misogyny now a hate crime, we’re criminalising what people think. We’ll soon have thought police exploring our private lives
Welcome to an Orwellian world where what you think about women, gays or Muslims may now be criminalised under hate crime legislation proposed by the Law Commission. Since its invention in the United States in the 1980s, the number of different hate crimes have been growing and growing. In Britain, …
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