'Incredibly authoritarian!' - Outrage as GCSE textbook teaches pupils to 'use freedom of speech but not to offend'
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Outrage has kicked off after a GCSE textbook taught pupils to "use freedom of speech but not to offend".
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Paul Embery, a trade unionist and writer, has condemned a GCSE revision book after he discovered it detailed how a citizen's "responsibility" is to exercise "freedom of speech but not offend".
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In a subheading called "Citizen's responsibilities", the Pearson Revise book for Citizenship Studies GCSE states that "citizens have certain responsibilities… to use freedom of speech but not offend".
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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mr Embery said it was "quite chilling" as he read the book, describing the sentiment as "incredibly authoritarian".He said, speaking to GB News: "That particular bullet point hit me - it was quite chilling actually.
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