People need FREE SPEECH: London street view

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Views on the Streets: Free Speech post Copenhagen

Following the attacks in Copenhagen, a month on from the massacre in France, WORLDbytes Citizen TV volunteers took to the streets of East London to test the public’s mettle on free speech.

Would they support the right to be offensive and to blaspheme or are the terrorists winning? In the programme we hear from East enders who want to stand their ground, but the cracks are showing too.

Director Ceri Dingle commenting on the programme said: “Relativism, the ‘respect’ agenda and fear are a dangerous cocktail and getting people to stop and say what they think was unusually hard going. The programme shows that not everyone has given in however and that’s heartening.

To challenge a dangerous culture of offence taking which is used to shut down debate by non-violent and by murderous means, it is vital we put unfettered free speech on the agenda.

We need to encourage young people to understand standing up to and contesting ideas we may not like is key and better protection than bans and censorship which give credence to the horrific killings we’ve seen in France and Copenhagen.”

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