Tag: Offence Culture

• Dodgy Motifs

  

  Mr Jarel Robinson-Brown, a trainee man of the cloth, has landed himself in hot holy water after adding his mites to the opinion collection in the wake of Captain Tom’s earthly departure: ‘The cult of Captain Tom is a cult of White British Nationalism. I will offer prayers for the repose of his kind and…

  Max Frances

  Feb 9, 2021

  Courts, Religion, Social Media, Society

  Cancel Culture, Captain Tom, Church, Church of England, Freedom of Speech, Jarel Robinson-Brown, Offence Culture, Police, Scotland, Social Media, Tweet, Twitter, Virtue Signalling

• Building a Fence

  

  I’m offended. Well, I’m not, but it seems that wherever you look, somebody is. Many whip out the offence card in an attempt to magic up come sort of legitimate censorship. Nobody has a right not to be offended and if they genuinely are, it doesn’t mean that they are either right or have the…

  Max Frances

  Jul 27, 2020

  Society

  Cancel Culture, Censorship, Liberal Elite, Offence Culture, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Power, Psychology, Racism, Social Justice Warriors, Social Media, Virtue Signalling

• Croc Rocking

  

  A town in Australia was recently the scene of an unwelcome spectacle when some miscreant hoisted a Nazi Swastika flag from a tower. One resident was ‘sickened and appalled’; another, ‘offended and disgusted’. Now that got the old grey matter stirring. Ruffians pull these stunts in order to provoke a reaction, and that is exactly…

  Max Frances

  Mar 1, 2020

  Politics, Society

  Anti-Semitism, Crime, Law, Liberal Elite, Nazis, Offence Culture, Politics, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Racism