An ex-Royal Marine tries to do some good in his community, avoids killing anyone (always a plus), but gets banned from coaching—for calling a child killer a “creature.”
🧸 Safeguarding, Apparently, Includes Protecting Murderers’ Feelings
Jamie Michael: former Marine, community volunteer, coach. A man trained for war who decided—controversially—to channel his energy into helping kids rather than, say, invading a small nation. And how is he rewarded? By being booted out by a safeguarding board clutching its pearls so tightly they’ve cut off circulation.
His crime? Describing the Southport killer, Axel Rudakubana, as a “creature.”
Not threatening violence. Not encouraging harm. Not radicalising youth. Just… expressing moral disgust at someone who murdered children.
Cue the safeguarding board, solemnly declaring that children are now “at risk of harm” because an adult used a strong word about a killer. Yes, apparently the real danger to young people isn’t the individual who committed the atrocity—it’s hearing someone say something mean about him. 🫠
This is where modern safeguarding enters performance art territory. We are no longer protecting children from predators; we are protecting narratives from emotional disturbance. Feelings must be wrapped in bubble wrap, even if those feelings belong to murderers.
Let’s be clear: the ex-Marine didn’t target children, didn’t incite violence, didn’t glorify wrongdoing. He simply failed to use the approved, sanitised vocabulary of institutional Britain—where killers are “troubled individuals,” and outrage must be expressed in a tone suitable for a mindfulness app.
The message sent is crystal clear:
You can kill children and be discussed gently.
Or you can condemn child killers too harshly—and be shown the door.
Safeguarding, but make it surreal. 🤡📋
🔥 Challenges 🔥
When did moral clarity become a safeguarding risk? And why does institutional Britain seem more alarmed by blunt language than by brutal reality?
Tell us where the line should be—in the blog comments, not drive-by outrage elsewhere. Let’s test whether common sense still has a pulse. 💬🧠
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