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– admittedly awkwardly – tackling a complex socio-political issue, he was demonised and shamed.

How is this progressive?

The message it gives is: if you think something, it means you are a bad person – a deeply unhealthy mindset linked to some of the most distressing mental health conditions and literally the opposite of what any good therapist will tell you.

It teaches there is no point in changing, because you will be vilified regardless, with no chance of forgiveness. Its lesson is you must bury all emotions and fear revealing them in case of censure – a deeply harmful environment, more familiar to us as the worst ideology of religious institutions.

You must not admit to ever thinking an immoral thought. Instead, like in Orwell’s 1984, you should engage in “crimestop” – immediately purging dangerous thoughts from the mind, instead of questioning them, finding their