You'll Never Take Me Alive, Copper (Richard Littlejohn shreds the left's assault on free speech)

The Sun [UK] ^ | January 20, 2004 | Richard Littlejohn

[quidnunc]

It’s a fair cop, guv. You’ve got me bang to rights. I’ll come quietly.

Is that how I am supposed to react to the news that the Gay Police Association is trying to get me arrested for “hate crimes”?

They want a formal investigation into my column two weeks ago, headlined “Just A Little Light Spanking, Sarge”.

You may remember I enquired, only partly in jest, why police officers should be required to declare their sexual orientation to ensure that 10 per cent of all recruits are gay, lesbian or bisexual.

Why not foot fetishists, rubber enthusiasts and gerbil fanciers, too?

I also congratulated Inspector Paul Cahill, of the GPA, on his MBE.

But I wondered what it was which marked him out for a gong among hundreds of other dedicated police inspectors, other than his predilection for same-sex sex.

It’s a legitimate question.

But according to Inspector Cahill, that puts me right up there with the Soho nail-bomber. He accuses me of not only stirring up hatred against gay police officers but the gay community as a whole.

The GPA has also reported me to the Commission for Racial Equality — though what’s it’s got to do with race is beyond me.

And Cahill is making threatening noises about getting my Sky TV show “reconsidered”, whatever that means.

No doubt emboldened by Robert Kilroy-Silk’s scalp, the Thought Police have got me in their sights next.

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But because I poked fun at gay cops in pursuit of a serious point, I am condemned as no better than a mass murderer and threatened with prosecution.

There is a much bigger picture here, though. This is all symptomatic of a broader, concerted assault on our freedoms.

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Now it’s gone beyond abuse. The Fascist Left are trying to use the law to punish anyone who challenges them and have dreamed up a whole raft of “hate crimes” to enforce their pernicious doctrine.

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[2banana]

Welcome to 1984 - just a few years late.

The difference between subjects and citizens are becoming more clear every day.

[Benjo]

The whole world has gone nuts. You can't say anything about anyone these days. In Europe (and Canada too) they think it's quite normal to put people in jail for having "mistaken" views. More and more people in this country feel the same way (having never heard of the First Amendement). If you did a poll, upwards of 80% of thinking-impaired Americans would agree that no one should be able to say anything that hurts anyone else's feelings (in which case I pretty much wouldn't be able to say anything at all).

[SunStar]

The GPA has also reported me to the Commission for Racial Equality — though what’s it’s got to do with race is beyond me.

The day that we have a Department of Racial Equality or any such nonsense is the day... nevermind.

[Reactionary]

In Fascist Liberal Land bad thoughts lead to bad words. Bad words lead to bad things happening to the proletariat. Bad thoughts must be rooted out.

They're intolerant of dissent, of speech, of the right to think thoughts that go against their little egalitarian fantasies. They must be resisted.

[Ajnin]

Gay Police Association

I don't think that I would allow myself to be taken into custody by an openly queer cop. If there is anything that says "I'm a prison bitch" that would be it. This is just insane.

[M1thumb]

Nevermind. It doesn't qualify as free speech. I don't want the gay police to break down my door to save my children from that monster that is there father.

[cwb]

You can say the most derogatory things about Christians and Conservatives, but by golly, if you "offend" the minority, you've practically become an enemy of the state. It isn't even about offending...as it appears that even a difference of opinion is grounds for punishment. Liberals are instituting speech and thought codes under the guise of PC. It is an ingenious goal, as they are incrimentally stifling the opposing point of view through threats of fines and imprisonment. This is Marx/Fascism at its basic elements...as it's infecting Europe, once again.

[Maurice Tift]

There are some bad bastards out there, hell-bent on controlling every aspect of our lives, from what we eat and drink, to what we say and think. They are intolerant, hectoring and bullying. And they must be stopped. We must not be cowed.

It reminds me of a line from one of my favorite TV shows called The Prisoner:

I will not make any deals with you. I've resigned. I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered. My life is my own.

[lakey]

"Soylent Green" wafers are the ultimate Atkins Diet, pure protein. Waste not, want not. (sorry to turn your stomach)

[Chu Gary]

"The whole world has gone nuts. You can't say anything about anyone these days. In Europe (and Canada too) they think it's quite normal to put people in jail for having "mistaken" views."

Now wait, many countries have policies like that, Communist China, Communist Cuba, Communist North Korea, hmmmm, is there an echo in this room?

[Benjo]

Now wait, many countries have policies like that, Communist China, Communist Cuba, Communist North Korea, hmmmm, is there an echo in this room?

Them too