Just more died-in-the-wool Labour supporters who want hate speech laws specifically to prevent any criticism of their beloved party, and criminalise dissent.
slanderous and mayhap venal attempts to denigrate and undermine the status and power of the government of Aotearoa / New Zealand
[…] Any reasonable society would label this for what it is: hate speech.
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If Tall Poppy syndrome already discouraged us to aspire to better things, surveillance could murder ambition while it’s still in the cradle.
Opposition communications spokesperson Sarah Henderson calls it a “serious threat to free speech”, while coalition leader Angus Taylor says he is “deeply skeptical” and that he fears it is going to be an attempt to “censor social media”.
The deeper threat to liberty isn’t one powerful expert, but a society willing to surrender its judgment to prevailing opinion.
The farmers in that 1989 meeting thought the extreme examples were absurd. They were not. The question now is whether we recognise the same pattern while there is still time to constrain it.
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It features a close up of convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes professing to be telling the truth, her bright blue eyes almost unblinking.
The word for today is… louche (adjective) - : not reputable or decent Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Louche ultimately comes from the Latin word luscus, meaning "blind in one eye" or "having poor sight." This Latin term gave rise to the French louche, meaning "squinting" or
And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
