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Mr Bean worried about free speech in UK

From Mats Tunehag´s blog:
"I have written and spoken for years about the dangerous trend in Europe where freedom of speech is being gradually limited. I am not alone. Rowan Atkinson, more commonly known as Mr Bean, has also expressed similar concerns several times*.

We increasingly witness how especially people engaged in homosexual practices demand freedom from hearing things they disapprove of. Some of these demands have been translated into legislation, sometimes under the rubric “hate crimes”. But even in cases where obviously no law has been broken many Christians have been harassed by law enforcement for expressing their views on homosexual practices.

One cannot have freedom of speech and at the same time guarantee that no-one will ever take offense or disagree. But the flawed concept of “hate crime” and the debate stopping labels “homophobia” (and “islamophobia”) makes it difficult to have an open discussion about present trends of decreasing freedom of speech and religion.

Let me mention seven examples* from just one country in Europe - UK (there are many more cases and countries). These give an indication of a slippery slope sliding down towards denying European citizens basic human rights and freedoms.....

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* Mr Bean & the 7 cases

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