There is a dangerous precedent being set right now, and it all stems from the act of being offended and the actions one takes to prevent future 'offenses'. Many of those complicit in the quelling of free speech are merely useful idiots and have no idea they are participating in one of the most effective forms of censorship humanity has ever seen.
All people have to do to silence anyone with whom they disagree is to now claim their speech offended or scared them. This speech no longer needs to actually be hateful and, as a recent case proves,
it can be a dictionary definition of a word.Case in point: a billboard in Liverpool that quoted the dictionary definition of "woman" has been removed after it was deemed transphobic hate speech.
The poster featured only six words: "Woman, women, noun, adult human female." This is the definition provided in the dictionary for the word woman yet it was deemed dangerous by a transgender activist who branded the poster "hate speech."
Feminist Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull, founder of the women's rights group
Standing for Women, was behind the billboard campaign. Keen-Minshull is worried that women are under attack from trans groups who seek to redefine the biological definition of woman. So, she launched a campaign to simply inform people of the definition.
Comment: See also: Who are the rich people institutionalizing transgender ideology?