The myth of a tolerant, inclusive Britain
by Bill Jamieson, The Scotsman:
Today the new religion is diversity. We pride ourselves on our inclusiveness, our open-armed embrace of things with which we may not agree. Across the political and broadcasting realm, there seems a pathological need to reinforce at every turn our magnanimous tolerance and our liberal, progressive credentials.
But just how robust is our commitment to diversity and tolerance? I fear that the opposite is the direction of travel. Many will disagree with the views I set out here. But I am not alone in my apprehension that we are heading in a fateful direction.
Intolerance and enforced conformity is creeping across a once-liberal realm like a choking knotweed, suppressing views and opinions with which the upholders of ‘diversity’ disagree.
From ‘safe’ spaces at universities, obligatory knee-jerk virtue signalling, howling down of opponents and removal of dissenting voices, barely a week goes by without disconcerting evidence of a new and oppressive absolutism.
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