Skip to content
Minister of Justice Kiritapu Allan. Image credit The BFD.

Table of Contents

A cynic would see this announcement as a way to silence critics of the government before the election.

We already know that they are unable to define “hate speech”, and Jacinda Ardern says we will “know it when we see it”, which means that no one can say anything without fear of being criminalised.

Without clear guidelines, this will have a chilling effect on free speech – which no doubt is the government’s intention.

What do you think?

Discuss it on The BFD.

Latest

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The Good Oil Word of the Day

The word for today is… allegory (noun) - 1: the expression of truths or generalizations about human existence by means of symbolic figures and actions 2: a symbolic representation Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : Allegory is the expression of truths or generalizations about human existence by means of symbolic fictional figures and

Members Public