Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words will never hurt me. 

Except if you are in Great Britain, where certain people can rape or beat women up, but if you complain about it using the wrong words, you can wind up arrested, jailed, and convicted of a hate crime. 

In the UK, a woman who was hospitalized after being brutally assaulted by a man faced legal consequences when she vented to a friend, calling her attacker a “faggot.”

Police were notified, she was investigated for a non-crime hate incident (later escalated), charged with… pic.twitter.com/QDZL7jbMrs

— Ian Miles Cheong (@ianmiles) November 21, 2025

In the UK, a woman who was hospitalized after being brutally assaulted by a man faced legal consequences when she vented to a friend, calling her attacker a “faggot.”

Police were notified, she was investigated for a non-crime hate incident (later escalated), charged with malicious communications, and ultimately convicted of committing a homophobic hate crime.

The victim of physical violence ended up with a criminal record for using an offensive slur about her own assailant in a private conversation.

Britain has absolutely lost the plot.

I missed this story when it popped up last month, but since it has blown up again, I think it still bears coverage because it serves as yet another example of just how bonkers Great Britain has become. It is a place where migrants can rape underage girls without consequence, the police and politicians can cover it up, but where Christians are arrested for silently praying, and women can be convicted of using slurs against the men who beat them up and send them to the hospital. 

5-10 YEARS IN PRISON FOR SAYING THE “F-WORD”

Not just for saying it as a homophobic slur but also just for using it in private DMs or text messages.

You will be arrested for a hate crime and could face a lengthy prison sentence.

But Starmer says we have free speech. pic.twitter.com/TBjM7kRmFr

— Kiera Diss (@KieraDiss) December 2, 2025

Britain is obsessed with the dangers of words, while ignoring actual violence. 

An assault victim has been convicted of a homophobic hate crime after she branded her attacker a 'f****t' in text messages whilst ranting about being beaten up.

Care home worker Elizabeth Kinney, 34, was said to have sent a 'barrage' of messages to a former friend during which she described being attacked by a male mutual acquaintance.

During the messaging the single mother-of-four even sent pictures of her injuries from the assault, which resulted in her being admitted to hospital.

But Kinney, an aspiring nurse, was reported to police over the use of the word 'f****t' to describe the unnamed man and later charged with malicious communications offences.

At Sefton magistrates court Kinney, from Tranmere, pleaded guilty to causing to be sent by public communication network an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing messages.

She insisted her words were a 'thoughtless rant' and that she was not attacking anyone's sexuality.

Even that last sentence is insane. So what if she was attacking somebody's sexuality? Why is that a criminal offense?

"Takes us into Orwellian territory..."

The UK mum arrested by ELEVEN police officers for using the F-slur in private texts speaks to Piers Morgan.

Just dropped ?

? https://t.co/7pcP81RtgS@piersmorgan | @paleochristcon | @marclamonthill | @lewyoaks pic.twitter.com/Etpdi1sUXM

— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) December 2, 2025

As galling as this is, it gets worse. It was her friend who turned her in. All this took place as the victim lay in her hospital bed texting with her (former) friend, who shared the texts with the police. 

East Germany. The lives of others... Say nothing to anybody lest you wind up in the magistrate's court. 

It is thought no-one has been arrested or charged over the assault.

Outlining the facts, Jacqueline Whiting, prosecuting, said: 'The defendant and the victim in this matter had been friends but had a falling out which resulted in an incident on the October 27, 2024 whereby abusive and homophobic text messages were sent to the victim causing her alarm and distress.

'The Crown place this offence in the highest category of its type due to the effect related to sexual orientation and the greater harm because it had moderate impact.'

In mitigation, Kinney's lawyer Simon Simmonds said: 'There had been an incident and in the text conversation Miss Kinney sends photos of her quite badly injured.

'She had to attend hospital. She was effectively ranting and there is not much coming back.

'In terms of motivation and hostility, I do not suppose there was much thought process other than unloading a lot off her chest.

Viewed through the eyes of a Gen X American, all I can think of is that every kid in my High School, including the gay kids, would be hauled in front of judges for the conversations we all had during lunch. 

Well, not the gay kids. They used the bad words, but they rank higher on the intersectional ladder. 

Of course, we told Polack jokes too. One of my friends was of Polish extraction, so we had to. 

This is a reminder that totalitarianism is at least as great a threat today—more so, because technology makes monitoring you much easier—as in the last century. No absolutist society in the past could monitor you so completely, and your average tin-pot dictator wouldn't even want to. They don't care what you think, as long as you comply. 

It's the utopians who do. They believe in total control. 

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