I think that's too nuonced for these numpties, besides.... British library says otherwise Britain's unwritten constitution "Unlike most modern states, Britain does not have a codified constitution but an unwritten one formed of Acts of Parliament, court judgments and conventions. Professor Robert Blackburn explains this system, including Magna Carta’s place within it, and asks whether the UK should now have a written constitution."
Not codified, but it is written. It is simply the sum of laws, which are written, just not written in one codified document. If you have all of England's laws written in front of you, you are looking at a written constitution.
Things are only extreme until they become acceptable, for example look at brexit / trump / David Davies etc
But English law is not an oral tradition. Every law, and every president interpretation of those laws, are written.
Regardless, sexual freedoms were not generally something afforded to many people living in Communist countries in the 20th Century. Many "extreme" leftists thought homosexuality and gender fluidity to be bourgeoise indulgences that were harmful to society.
I'm referring to people participate in or advocate no platforming and a pc authoritarianism that seeks to prohibit thought, language and open debate. I dunno if that fits any existing definition but it's what I mean when I use that term.
That's what I thought. I wouldn't personally think of identity politics as particularly left wing. Probably the opposite, to be honest.
So your saying it's OK to use racial slurs? Being PC with language is just being polite, and there's nothing more British for being polite.
Yes, it is a minor but important point. Thing is, it's the opposite of what you wrote above! It is explicit, just not all in one document. All constitutions, and laws, are subject to legal interpretation, just look at Supreme Court rulings in the US.
Maybe It's authoritarianism and idealogism essentially: I don't know if that is the exclusive preserve of the right or not. But it's hard to distinguish in execution.
I'd say that's because there isn't really a left wing anymore. Not an extreme left wing, anyway. Ain't no-one wants to give up their individual freedoms for the good of society anymore!
I think that it's not ok to be racist and that racism should be confronted. I have no problems with the words themselves.
I do think it is very worrying that some people feel so vulnerable that listening to an opinion they find objectionable is viewed as an assault on their person. People should be protected from targeted abuse, and people should have the right to protest people they disagree with, but when you're so fragile that you can't even hear a differing view of the world I think it is a sad and infantile attitude to life. Having said that, I'm not bothered about who is or isn't allowed to talk at universities. Whether we like it or not, they are businesses, and students are their customers. It should be expected in the capitalist model of education that these kinds of things will happen.
There's the argument that it gets racists out in the open too, I'm not overly a fan of being over pc, but I'm a fan of being polite, and many of the anti pc crowd are essentially just upset they can't use slurs anymore.
Oh wow. The Bill of Rights... the document drawn up when we invited a Dutch bloke to rule over us. I guess they are pro-EU then!