Ed Milliband Vs Scarlet & Our right to be afraid

To say that Ed Milliband has said something that Scarlet doesn't agree with is to say something akin to 'Liverpool and Man United fans has different opinions on Sir Alex Ferguson'.  Scarlet and Ed live at different ends of the political spectrum, but Milliband is a necessity in our nation of open politics and free exchange of belief and ideas.  It is a sadness that yesterday the Leader of the Opposition (maybe our next PM) suggested that these values are not close to him, when he made a comment which stirred every liberal bone is Scarlet's body.

Mr Milliband has committed to 'outlaw' Islamophobia, now I am not one who believes that demeaning someone's religion and/or ideas is something one should make a habit of but we're not talking about hate, crime or evil here, we are talking about our right to be afraid. 

To bring you all up to speed here is the definition of said word by the OED:

Intense dislike or fear of Islam

This article is not about Islam!  This article is about the rights of individuals and about the view of Mr Milliband and the party he represents.  I could run over reasons why it would be legitimate to be afraid of Islam or to actively dislike it but that is not the point of today's post, the point is to establish how vital our right to be afraid is to us.  We must be allowed to be afraid in the United Kingdom, our fear of social and political progression is part of what keeps our society strong and healthy.  

No one is more irritated by the ramblings of the SNP more than Scarlet but they have a voice!  They must have a voice, they must have their chance to stand up and be counted just like everyone else, we are all the same in our land of liberty.  If I want to be afraid of something and post it on Twitter then I am allowed to.   Should I wish to state my position I am able to whatever that position may be, that must be the way of our society, it is absolutely key.  Why is Mr Milliband trying to take these vital ideas away?

I will send a copy of this article to Ed and I hope he will find the time to take a look and reply because he may have chosen his words badly, he may believe that all ideas and all people are equal in our land.  

With the election just over a week away one of the biggest players has chosen to say he will outlaw free thought and free expression of that thought, could 1984 be 2015?  It looks like if you want it to be, vote Labour.