Re: holocaust, what holocaust?
"ive heard that in the uk, use of the word 'homosexual', irrespetive of context, is considered hate speech. "
I've never heard that, having lived here for 6 years and been immersed in British culture all my life. I think gay groups are wary of the term and prefer the term gay, but I've never heard homosexual being described as hate speech and it's used frequently. I agree though with the basic point that the UK and Europe are too quick to ban things rather than show their inherent stupidity. You can see how the Germans for example are inclined to such a position following the Nazi period, and I'm sympathetic to arguments that neo-Nazis and so forth ultimately depend on violence to back up their ideas and shouldn't be allowed a platform, though I largely disagree. From what I hear where I work (a freedom of speech campaign group), the situation in US libraries regarding books being removed etc is getting pretty dire.
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