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Julia Hartley-Brewer

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Hi all, 

For anyone who saw J H-B’s disgusting tweet this morning, I’m so sorry you had to see it.

And for those who didn’t, she uses “autistic” as a slur within a string of insults directed at Greta Thunberg. 

Personally, I don’t think she should be given the platform she has on TalkRadio, so if you’d like to see her fired, as I do, the email address to complain is: feedback@talk.tv 

Thanks! 

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  • We have become a nation of complainers; and easily-offended nitpickers.

    Censoring such tweets will only fan the flames of antagonists. They'll only end up more determined to stir the pot.

    The Media are also responsible; as they keep the focus - intentionally - on divisive issues.

    The only place with guaranteed safety is prison.

  • in reply to Desmond79

    I don't use Twitter but found the Tweet in a newspaper story about it. It wasn't even remotely offensive. People are so sensitive these days and desperate to be a victim.

    To be honest I don't think people should consider it an insult to call an autistic person autistic. Why is that where everybody's mind goes? If Julia says she would rather not be autistic, that's perfectly understandable and she should be allowed to say that.

    But I'm a free speech extremist, I think people should be able to insult each other if they want, even use the R word, I don't care. Words only have power because people fear them. I don't want "autistic" to become another victim of the euphemism treadmill - a bad word that you can't say and that gets an anodyne replacement until that too is forbidden.

    Worrying what others think of you, especially strangers and people you haven't met, is a path to self-inflicted unhappiness. Some people even seem to seek out such things, just so that they can make a fuss and claim they are offended.

    You can't control the behaviour of others, you can only control your response. Unhappiness, taking offence, getting upset, these are creations of people's own minds and unfortunately we have 2 generations of people who have been taught to be perpetual victims and that their childish tantrum justifies forcing everyone around them to alter their behaviour.

    Society has become extremely selfish as a result. We are beginning to live with a thought police governed by feelings, where the biggest crime is causing someone else to feel a negative emotion.

    Stephen Fry said it best back in 2005, that if someone says they're offended, the best reaction is "so what". Unfortunately I think he has fallen to the regressive left mind virus too now. It seems unstoppable.

    The kindest thing would be to teach people resilience so that they can handle the real world, instead of trying to change the real world and control what people say in order to ensure nobody ever comes across something that causes them to have an emotional overreaction. University students can't even read books from 40 years ago now without needing trigger warnings and people are trying to ban books and get professors fired for what is basically modern day heresy against the new religion.

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