The Home Office will look at hatred of women as one of the ideological trends that the government says is gaining traction.

Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said.

Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies.

The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of the ideological trends that the government says is gaining traction.

Ms Cooper said there has been a rise in extremism “both online and on our streets” that “frays the very fabric of our communities and our democracy”.

  • Jojo, Lady of the WestEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    When a politician from the Hard Neoliberal faction within the “Not quite as Rightwing but certainly not Leftwing” Party of the duopoly of power in Britain (which, like the US, also has First Past The Post and associated evils) comes with something like this, especially one who has a history of abusing this kind of accusation in the past to deflect valid criticism of her own words (just like Zionists - who curiously this Party unwaveringly supports - use the accusation of “anti-semitism” to deflect valid criticism), be very very wary of the honesty, goodwill and fairness of this.

    What an incredible paragraph sentence.

    • Aceticon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 months ago

      I am particularly proud of how many “for-reference comparisons with things Lemmy readers might be familiar with” I managed to shove into it.

      I am however not proud of the level of “lightness and easy to follow” of the result.

      • Jojo, Lady of the WestEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        Once I parsed the whole thing it was, in fact, understandable. But, yeah, a few steps shy of “concise” I think.