Anti-sectarian authoritarianism
We believe that introducing a law to imprison people for up to five years because of offensive sectarian chanting or online comments is extreme and illiberal. continue reading »
"G.s.o.q"
"Another embarrassment for the Scottish parliament. How about actually catching some criminals?"
"The Most Offended People Ever must not win this one"
"Already have enough laws to cover this."
"this is a disrcsce how can wee be thretened with 5 years in jail for singing our national anthem but they can sing the anthem of a foreign country"
"There are too many restrictions on free speech without adding to them. Banter in the stands is harmless; bombing and violence is not. There are already laws banning the latter."
"Orwellian."
"free speech is essential in a democracy"
"This bill ahs been thrown together and is covering up social issues by calling them sectarian."
"locking people up 4 this offence is wrong they need educated not incarcerated"
"More pressing concerns that the government should be dealing with rather than this waste of time."
"it only gunna make matters worse"