I’m not at liberty to disclose our whereabouts (“safety reasons”) but I have the great pleasure to be joined by a panel of experts to discuss non crime hate incidents and free speech. Watch this space. @WeAreFairCop. @toadmeister@HarryTheOwl101
Prof Peter Ramsay, LSE, approaches the issue from a criminal law theory perspective revealing the contradictions at the heart of non crime hate incidents #FreeSpeech
Dr Amit Pundik is now exploring/questioning the predictive value of non crime hate incidents. #NCHI
Prof. Dennis Hayes, @ProfDHayes speaking now about hate speech being free speech #FreeSpeech and the therapeutic turn in society where people see themselves primarily as victims
Sarah Phillimore, @SVPhillimore is now talking about the Absurdity of Hate Speech and the dangers of Twitterising public life and public discussions
And our last speaker for today, Dr. Debbie Hayton, @DebbieHayton, talks about free speech and how ideological battles are letting trans people down.
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This is to clarify that we are all “safe”. (And NO mob would have made us feel unsafe. Some people need to get over themselves). The event on #FreeSpeech and hate speech was (although I’m biased) highly interesting and successful. I learned a lot.
In view of the (alleged) suppression of free speech in society and especially at universities, let us keep in mind that Northumbria University @NorthumbriaUni and our Centre for Evidence and CJ Studies generously supported and funded this event
Despite the difficulties, despite the anonymous complaints from “colleagues” who are not interested in discussion or ahem.. in research, and despite the tangible chilling effect, the workshop did take place at our London Campus