Stick and stones ...

HATE crime is the snowflake generation offence. I am an Ipswich Town football club supporter and we are known as Tractor Boys, which is a targeted affront to our farming heritage. In the Military Police, I was called a Suffolk Swede by instructors.

I was dubbed ‘a Sassenach b******’ by my Scottish colleagues, and during my police career, ‘plod’ was the least offensive of the many insults I received.

Perhaps I should sue for abuse and bullying. Actually, I’ve mainly found it amusing. TERRIE GIBBONS,

Bradfield, Essex.