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Praising J.K. Rowling or claiming COVID came from China could land you on government DATABASE for biased speech, according to Orwellian bill from Minnesota Democrat
UK Daily Mail ^ | April 27 2023 | MILES DILWORTH

Posted on 04/27/2023 12:03:44 PM PDT by knighthawk

Minnesota has been slammed over an 'Orwellian' plan that would mean claiming Covid was leaked from a lab in China would be recorded as a 'hate incident'.

State lawmakers want to allow people to report perceived 'bias-related incidents' that fall short of criminal acts.

But critics say the bill, introduced in January, is a threat to free speech and effectively creates 'thoughtcrime'.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 1984; biasedspeech; database; fascism; minnesota; samanthavang; thoughtcrime; thoughtpolice; wrongthink

1 posted on 04/27/2023 12:03:44 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

I predicted this would be the slippery slope once “hate speech” was criminalized.


2 posted on 04/27/2023 12:09:18 PM PDT by Spok
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To: knighthawk

Bit by bit they’re instituting a communist police state.


3 posted on 04/27/2023 12:11:10 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: knighthawk

COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China COVID came from China


4 posted on 04/27/2023 12:13:52 PM PDT by gr8eman (Stupid should hurt!!)
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To: knighthawk

I believe that people in the U.K. are being encouraged to report to the police anything that is said or done that could be labeled ‘hate’ but not actually criminal.

Because, you know, there is so little crime in the U.K. that the police have lots of time on their hands.
/s


5 posted on 04/27/2023 12:31:11 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: knighthawk

I think J.K. Rowling is the cat’s pajamas, and I think COVID came from either some nasty Chinese bateaters or from the devil’s own Wuhan lab — in CHINA. But I live in Indiana, so nyah, nyah, fascist Minnesota DFL-er!


6 posted on 04/27/2023 12:43:35 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog. )
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To: knighthawk

“’bias-related incidents’ that fall short of criminal acts. “

Which will be deemed criminal right after passing.

When are folks going to call these tyrants out for the Communists they are?


7 posted on 04/27/2023 12:55:33 PM PDT by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: knighthawk

When you see someone stacking kindling, you know a fire is coming. The left is laying the groundwork for a severe persecution.


8 posted on 04/27/2023 2:04:11 PM PDT by aimhigh (THIS is His commandment . . . . 1 John 3:23)
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To: knighthawk

Welcome to the People’s Republic of Minnesota comrades.


9 posted on 04/27/2023 2:55:10 PM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: gr8eman

FAUCI is the GODFATHER of Covid.


10 posted on 04/27/2023 2:57:08 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: gr8eman

Wuhan was the capital of Nationalist China—now relegated to Taiwan island. (BTW).


11 posted on 04/27/2023 6:39:44 PM PDT by Does so ( 🇺🇦...................."Who is Ray Epps?" should be overstamped on every piece of currency.)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

12 posted on 04/28/2023 9:14:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democrato delenda est. [thanks Fai Mao])
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To: knighthawk

Yes, SARS-CoV-2 originated in China and I endorse J.K. Rowling.


13 posted on 04/28/2023 9:37:28 AM PDT by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: Spok

Minnesota sucks second - right after California...


14 posted on 04/28/2023 11:24:33 AM PDT by GOPJ (best definition of WOKE/socialism is simply “The endless war against merit. ”Victor Davis Hanson )
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