The Latest Thought Crime: “We Love Bacon”

A distraught man in a gray shirt is being restrained by two police officers in uniform, while another officer watches. The scene is set against a backdrop of domes and towers, suggesting a tense confrontation.
I pulled this image off the Internet. Upon reflection, I did not check its provenance when I originally posted it. I suspect it is AI-generated. I do not vouch for its authenticity. — JAB

The world is descending into a very dark place when a man gets arrested for professing his love for bacon. But that’s what it’s come to in the United Kingdom. The gentleman shown above was participating in a July protest in Dalton-in-Furness against construction of a mega-mosque when he broke into a sing-song chant of “we love bacon.” Police hauled him off on suspicion of a public order offence, specifically “racially or religiously aggravated harassment intended to incite disorder or offend the Muslim community.” 

Some peoples’ sensitivities apparently matter more than others’.


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