The Importance of Free Speech in the Age of Hate Speech

Cake company asked to make a cake in support of gay marriage being legalized in Northern Ireland which had not happened at that point and they eventually declined the request. Both sides can play this game putting people in a position where they are forced to declare their hand this way or that on key issues, he says. "This is deeply unhealthy but I suppose every generation every century there are key issues that the majority of the population really believe this absolutely matters" He adds: 'I would say we're in very dodgy territory here because there is a history of anti-Semitism in Britain'