In Scotland, you can now report your family members to the hate speech police for conversations over dinner.

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[–]Nemacolin 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

So previously you were not allowed to report things to the police? If fifty years ago you walked to the police station to report Uncle Joe to the police for something he said, did they arrest you?

Yes. People can report stuff to the police.

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh, a wise guy eh? Reported for hate speech.

[–]literalotherkin 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

If you walked into a police station to report something someone had said in your house about a political or social issue fifty years ago the police would have spit in your face and rightly so. Even blasphemy laws in the UK were never enforced for things simply said in the private home.

Only an utter creep could defend this lunacy.

[–]Nemacolin 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

But you could have reported family members to the hate speech police fifty years ago.

[–]zyxzevn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The police in some places have arrested people for "hate speech".
Just check the joke video that Count Dankula posted link.