Our thanks to Ken for this. The end of the piece:
Britain’s public sector is bursting at the seams with professional offence-takers who can’t pop out for a pint of milk without being outraged at something. They share Ms Saunders’s view that ‘left unchallenged, even low-level offending can fuel hostility’.
Under normal circumstances, a Tory government would tell the DPP that she’s overstepped the mark. Yet it seems no minister is willing to take her on.
I’m tempted to call for the sacking of this sanctimonious woman. But I won’t because hate crimes are defined by the victims, Ms Saunders has a notoriously thin skin, and I don’t want the coppers knocking at the door.
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Justice for Men & Boys 
“Don’t want coppers knocking at the door?”
So you think it’s ok to give in to blatant bullying by those who abuse thier positions of responsibility and power do you Damian?
Roll over die for her?
That your best advice is it Damian?
Well then you’re as bad as she is, or worse.
My advice, Damian, is to crawl away and consider expiring of shame.
And if you think you might have just been abused, Damian, you’re right – you have.
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Well though I’m pleased to see the common sense sentiments. Disappointed that some myths are perpetuated. Thanks to Mrs May’s virtue signalling enquiry into hate on social media directed at candidates at the last election, we know that the most abused were in fact conservative male and white, rather than the left wing labour women who complained. I do wish some of the men had complained as I expect this sort of stuff would soon be dropped if it is used by the “wrong” sort of “victim”.
I’m afraid ” ‘any offence which is perceived by the victim, or any other person, to be motivated by a hostility or prejudice’ is in the relevant Act (though for listed “protected groups”) which at the time didn’t include some of the more exotic and recent victim groups. So the lunacy is not just in CPS Guidance.
Finally, over many years in social and health care, I have received hate mail (remember letters?) e-mails and including latterly social media. This is not at all special to me but quite common. Local Councillors also receive all sorts of threats and hate, rather more worrying for them as usually their home address is easily obtainable. In my experience the same has been true of local MPs (and I’m sure the leaders of national political parties). And of course occasionally one has worked with police if the threats start to look credible. My point being that if we stop advising people to ignore, switch off and the other sensible advice given. And insist the Police respond to everything as a definite threat no matter how ludicrous, well I doubt if anything else could get done at all. As I commented before an attractive “reality TV” celebrity was generally pretty clear on the risks and sensible actions to deal with on line “hate” twittering despite being constantly encouraged to feel “devastated”. Such level headed approach I’m sure will mean she’s not asked back again.
The daft Academic who got the police to investigate Amber Rudd did us all a huge favour in pointing out the ridiculous law on our statute books which enshrines hate as a subjective definition.
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Agreed. The CPS, like other feminists of course, are not at all interested in male victims and female perpetrators. To them, all victims are female and all abusers are men. This is the crazy situation our society is in when ideology subjugates reason and subjective emotions replace facts.
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