The thought police are real and apparently, in the United Kingdom, offending them could land you in jail.
Seriously, the whole situation began on “Good Morning Britain” where Catholic journalist Caroline Farrow and transgender activist Susie Green appeared. The two debated on the program, but it’s what happened after the show that lead to the investigation.
A journalist has been accused of a hate crime, after she misgendered a trans person on Twitter. Hate crimes have a maximum two-year prison sentence.
But with knife crimes soaring across the UK, should police be investigating incidents such as these?@SwainITV with more. pic.twitter.com/eyh1NJfT1W— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) March 20, 2019
Apparently, Farrow used a wrong pronoun on Twitter when referring to Green’s daughter, who was born a male. She didn’t appreciate the “misgendering” of her son/daughter and decided to get the police involved in the situation.
And the police are actually going to investigate.
Farrow is accused of violating the UK’s Malicious Communications Act , anyone found guilty of violating this act faces up to two years in prison.
Farrow responded to the absolute insanity of the whole situation in a string of tweets.
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107779340723515392
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107779649566900231
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107780069429264384
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107780773636132865
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107784290434277376
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107785490881757184
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107787009614065664
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107788238855516160
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107788834899660800
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107789431291944961
https://twitter.com/CF_Farrow/status/1107793025915412481