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Freedom of Expression- I never knew!

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pennydrew · 10/10/2018 10:22

I must confess. I didn’t know this:

Freedom of expression, as guaranteed by article 10 of the European convention on human rights, includes the right “not to express an opinion which one does not hold“

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pennydrew · 10/10/2018 10:44

Yes.

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Freespeecher · 10/10/2018 10:43

Interesting. Did that crop up in an article about the Ashers Supreme Court judgement?

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pennydrew · 10/10/2018 10:34

Isn’t ‘misgendering’ part of the whole forcing someone to speak words that they do not believe?’ I think hate speech laws conflict with this. I shouldn’t be forced by law, or Mumsnet, to change my language to align with other peoples beliefs. I’m being forced to say words, rather than prevented from using language to incite hatred, which was the original point of hate speech laws. Not to force language but to prevent words which incited hatred against vunerable groups.

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SadieLancaster · 10/10/2018 10:32

Hmm. Interesting.....

ErrolTheDragon · 10/10/2018 10:30

Unfortunately that may merely mean the right to remain silent - the one right women have which AWA seem entirely in favour of.