“free speech” ffs. The last bastion of Tommy Robinson and co
Free speech comes with responsibility. A responsibility to be respectful, to not deliberately offend, to be courteous, to be mindful of a “time and a place” for airing views
These were values instilled in me at primary school when I was 6 years old, have things changed?
I can't disagree with any of that.
Like yourself, I was brought up with similar values and I meant what I said when I thought it would've been nice for people
to have simply said RIP Elizabeth.
Here in Oz we have a certain Pauline Hanson the leader and founder of One Nation, a ultranationalist right wing populist party
who sadly represents Qld the state that I reside in.
I choke and cringe at the bile that comes out of her mouth, but, we live in a democracy and she has the right to speak her mind.
We should be sympathetic and respect the fact that people from all over the globe will not have the same feelings towards our
queen or monarchy that many of us do and there will be differing and critical views.
It should be remembered that many peoples countries had their sacred ground penetrated by the British flag in the name of the king.
Many of these peoples were also shackled, enslaved, imprisoned and murdered in the name of the monarchy.
I think that we would be more understanding had we, ourselves, encountered such brutality and wonder if we would feel the need
or responsibility to be respectful and to leave it for another time and place had we done so?