Rightly, other forms of discrimination are not tolerated in the same way homophobia *still* is within our politics. This response is frankly baffling.https://twitter.com/brianpaddick/status/951151165248503809 …
To a Labour supporter it must be. @LibDems believe people can think what they like proved they don’t harm others. Farron is entitled to his own personal beliefs but it becomes damaging when they’re made public. If homophobia is hatred of gay people, Farron is not homophobic.
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How do you square that with saying yourself, in the tweet I quoted, that those views harm others?
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Square what?
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Right, fundamentally we agree. Where we depart is your belief that figures of authority can hold discriminatory views as long as they are private?
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Views are prejudiced, actions are discriminatory i.e. discrimination has a differential impact on one individual compared with another. Provided prejudiced views cause no harm to others, it’s acceptable albeit undesirable. Farron preaching such views is harmful & unacceptable.
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