Joyce Fegan: Turn down volume on ‘free’ speech with only malice at heart

This week it was announced that Formula One drivers will be banned from displaying political or religious statements without prior approval from next season. It has all the hallmarks of what goes on over at Fifa

At the World Cup in Qatar, the German team covered their mouths during a team photo as a protest against Fifa restricting free speech over the OneLove’ armband. Picture: Ina Fassbender/AFP/Getty

WHICH kind of free speech is more risky: An international racing car driver wearing a Pride helmet for a race in Qatar, where same-sex relations are illegal, or the former presenter of a BBC motoring show publicly stating how he’d love to see a woman of colour paraded around a country to have faeces thrown at her?

Which kind of free speech is more risky: An international racing car driver wearing a T-shirt calling for justice over the murder of a black woman, or a man who earned his living dancing around a small cage in boxer shorts publicly trolling a comedian for detailing his mental health struggles?