Here are some highlights of this impassioned article by John Gray entitled IT IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION TO COMPARE THE METHODS USED BY THE NEW WOKE MOVEMENT TO THOSE OF MAO'S RED GUARDS.
"It is not far fetched to compare the methods of this 'woke movement' to those of Chairman Mao'es Red Guards, who terrorised the Chinese people half a century ago.
The so called 'cancel culture' - publicly shaming and trying to undermine the professional standing of anyone who deviates from ever more extreme standards of political correctness -simply the latest expression of this intolerant, baying movement.
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Why are our police officers virtue-signalling their wokery? The task of the police is to enforce the law and maintain public peace, not show sympathy for any political movement.
One reason why British institutions have been captured by the forces of illiberalism is contagion from the US, where the movement has been most extreme.
