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Owen Jones comes out fighting for "Actual Free Speech"

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 09:17

https://x.com/ucu/status/1722666107163832603?s=46&t=SPorwN-mokktL467rcZ57g

"We should start a new campaign for actual free speech says @OwenJones84

It's time to take a stand"

Looking forward to him unblocking all the women he's blocked on Twitter and hearing what they have to say. Free speech is for everyone, right?

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 21:55

It's a good article, with as pp said, some great links.

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 21:54

I think he does Grin probably too posh to watch Keeping Up Appearances

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Rightsraptor · 10/11/2023 21:43

Who is the Cynthia Bucket that Fraser Myers mentions? I wonder if he means Hyacinth Bucket.

EdithStourton · 10/11/2023 21:18

This thread is the sort of thing that keeps me coming back to MN.

LOJ/AOJ always reminds me of one of those utterly-up-himself super-smug boys that every VIth form endures. Most of them grow up. Not all, though, obviously.

IcakethereforeIam · 10/11/2023 21:01

And LOJ is the one on the.....left?

RebelliousCow · 10/11/2023 21:00

He's a clown, for sure.

Owen Jones comes out fighting for "Actual Free Speech"
Owen Jones comes out fighting for "Actual Free Speech"
ArthurbellaScott · 10/11/2023 20:59

OJ does a good Blue Steel.

Owen Jones comes out fighting for "Actual Free Speech"
Owen Jones comes out fighting for "Actual Free Speech"
IcakethereforeIam · 10/11/2023 20:51

Well, you're not wrong.

Season 2 Wisdom GIF by New Amsterdam
RebelliousCow · 10/11/2023 20:51

Norman Wisdom

Owen Jones comes out fighting for "Actual Free Speech"
RebelliousCow · 10/11/2023 20:47

IcakethereforeIam · 10/11/2023 19:08

There's an article in the Telegraph, most of which I'll bet is paraphrasing this thread

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/from-cancel-culture-zealots-to-free-speech-warriors/

https://archive.ph/boNbc archive link

His ears look weird on that photo. They look either too small or there's some sort of forced perspective going on and they're actually a couple of feet behind him. Or perhaps it's just me.

I think he looks like Norman Wisdom in that shot!

IcakethereforeIam · 10/11/2023 20:34

I might seem a little obsessed with LOJ's ears but, do you think they've atrophied because he doesn't use them very much?

It's worth following the hyperlinks in the Spiked article.

Slothtoes · 10/11/2023 20:30

Owen Jones clearly has no sense of irony or humility. Embarrassed for him

Ohyoudodoyou · 10/11/2023 20:11

OJ is deplorable - I will never forget the time he put a shout out to his followers to find the girls so as to further hound a young girl featured in the Times:

I need your help!

This "story" - claiming 60 girls drove a girl out of a school for "questioning trans ideology" - doesn't include their side of the story or even name the school.

I want to speak anonymously to these girls for their story, so please RT!

NoMoreRedWineforFreda · 10/11/2023 19:43

Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 19:36

Tsk, he could have fallen down those stairs you know!

Oh my god! The Nasty Mumsnet Terves want Actual Owen Jones to fall down the Actual Posh Stairs!

🙀

in other news, Spiked have published:

https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/11/10/the-brass-neck-of-owen-jones/

Gotta say, I’m loving that headline.

The brass neck of Owen Jones

The 21st-century witchfinder general is trying to rebrand himself as a free-speech warrior.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/11/10/the-brass-neck-of-owen-jones/

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 19:36

Tsk, he could have fallen down those stairs you know!

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NoMoreRedWineforFreda · 10/11/2023 19:34

I’m just putting this down because it struck me that the contrast between Owen Jones (broadcasting live from his front room) and Douglas Murray (ducking from rockets on the Israeli/Gaza border) couldn’t be bigger.

(Considering that they are two British, gay male writers of a similar age & educational background)

Douglas Murray blasts Gazans for cheering on as woman paraded half-naked

Author Douglas Murray has blasted Gazans who cheered on as an Israeli-German girl was paraded around semi-naked by Hamas terrorists.A distressing video emerg...

https://youtu.be/dZcNEnjVa4E?si=PUH6nNZxEdbel6m_

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 19:31

That's what free speech advocates want, surely.

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Ereshkigalangcleg · 10/11/2023 19:31

Good article, nice to see the video getting some attention in the media.

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ArthurbellaScott · 10/11/2023 19:23

'To say that Jones et al are inconsistent on free speech isn’t strictly accurate. They’re incredibly consistent… in their double standards. They only ever defend free speech and the right to protest for those who happen to agree with them. They’re fierce supporters of the freedom to think exactly as they do.'

IcakethereforeIam · 10/11/2023 19:08

There's an article in the Telegraph, most of which I'll bet is paraphrasing this thread

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/from-cancel-culture-zealots-to-free-speech-warriors/

https://archive.ph/boNbc archive link

His ears look weird on that photo. They look either too small or there's some sort of forced perspective going on and they're actually a couple of feet behind him. Or perhaps it's just me.

Yesterday’s cancel culture zealots are today masquerading as free speech warriors. Don’t fall for it

Owen Jones now presents himself as a champion of our liberties. But has he ever defended the rights of those he disagrees with?

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/10/from-cancel-culture-zealots-to-free-speech-warriors

TheSpikySpinosaurus · 10/11/2023 19:02

RoyalCorgi · 10/11/2023 09:17

Surely one day Owen Jones will collapse under the weight of his own hypocrisy.

It can't come too soon.

DameMaud · 10/11/2023 18:49

Ohyoudodoyou · 10/11/2023 15:56

@Brefugee..

"The editor of The Guardian has defended the paper from accusations it silenced gender-critical writers."

Where is this quote from please?
I can't find it on the the thread!

JanesLittleGirl · 10/11/2023 18:45

Is it true that if LOJ says something and nobody hears him then he is still wrong?