Andrew doyle is the author of a book about life in Scotland. Doyle: "It may be that in another 30 years, we will have resigned ourselves to self censorship and conformity to the status quoe" He says it's worth stemming the momentum of this new illiberalism. 'Even if we fail, at least we can say we tried'
Political Correctness has formed the basis for a new intolerant mindset, actively policing speech that is deemed offensive or controversial. Rather than confront bad ideas through discussion, it has now become common to intimidate one’s detractors into silence. Taking on board legitimate concerns about how speech can be harmful, Andrew Doyle argues that the alternative — an authoritarian world in which our freedoms are surrendered to those in power — has far worse consequences.