Posted on 03/07/2015 4:01:28 AM PST by Nextrush
A UKIP parliamentary candidate who said "Jihadi John" should have killed himself is not facing a probe.
Richard Hilton tweeted: "Jihadi John 'contemplated suicide.' It's a shame he didn't. Don't understand media attempts to blame MI5 for his evil".
A UKIP spokesman told the BBC on Sunday he had been reported to the party's national executive committee.
But the party has said no action had been taken against Mr. Hilton and most people agreed with him...
as soon as Mr. Hilton realized his tweet might be misconstrued he took it down.....
Mr. Hilton, prospective parliamentary candidate for Mitcham and Morden, in South London, said he was not advocating suicide but he said the "world would be a better place" without "Jihadi John".
"I am gay and Islamic State are throwing gay people off roofs before stoning their bodies, so I am not going to apologise for wishing that Jihadi John and the murderous Islamic State were not around," he said....
In recent months, he has been seen in several Islamic State videos where Western hostages have been beheaded.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
I wish Mr. Hilton well and hope he's on the ballot and wins in his constituency on May 7th.
Impermissible speech, coming soon to a USSA near you.
After all, the First Amendment wasn’t designed with Twitter or this crazy interweb in mind.
Bttt
What was wrong with the tweet?
Maybe someone can explain this to me. It sounds like Ted Cruz (for example) wishing Charles Manson would kill himself is somehow “disqualifying”.
But even worse, in the case of JJ, you’re talking about someone who’s still out there killing innocent people.
Britain is a different world, son.
Americans elected a muslim president. So maybe the worlds are not that different.
PC gone wonky...........
And it will be used against everybody from religious conservatives who say something deemed “offensive” to gays and to gays who say something “offensive” about Islamic terrorists.
“First they came for” just like Pastor Niemoller speaking about Germany in the 1930’s....
Sounds like the same crap they do here.
The media creates a story about a comment that upsets their delicate sensibilities then immediately demands that the party attack the “offending” member. Once they get their apology, the media then uses it to confirm guilt of the whole party.
No, it isnt. You are as bad as us, every bit. Maybe even worse. Dinna kid yersel.
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