My fight against the police over ‘transphobic’ tweets

Tuesday 18 February 2020 Fair Cop Press, Press

The police have no jurisdiction over our thoughts, but that hasn’t stopped them trying recently. Just over a year ago, a plainclothes officer from Humberside Police turned up at my workplace to ‘check my thinking’ for getting involved in Read more

Comedy in the era of Twitter outrage: An interview with Ricky Gervais

Friday 20 December 2019 Fair Cop Press, Press

[Ricky Gervais] considers ‘hate speech’ to be the invention of those who ‘feel they shouldn’t have to hear something they don’t agree with, and want to complain. They can call the police because someone’s wearing a T-shirt they don’t Read more

My fight against the police over ‘transphobic’ tweets

Tuesday 18 February 2020

The police have no jurisdiction over our thoughts, but that hasn’t stopped them trying recently. Just over a year ago, a plainclothes officer from Humberside Police turned up at my workplace to ‘check my thinking’ for getting involved in Read more

Comedy in the era of Twitter outrage: An interview with Ricky Gervais

Friday 20 December 2019

[Ricky Gervais] considers ‘hate speech’ to be the invention of those who ‘feel they shouldn’t have to hear something they don’t agree with, and want to complain. They can call the police because someone’s wearing a T-shirt they don’t Read more

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