Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com There is no right in the world not to be offended. That right simply doesn’t exist. In a free society, an open society, people have strong opinions, and these opinions very often clash. In a democracy, we have to learn to deal with this.
With a rushed Covid vaccination, politicians around the world are concerned that people may be worried that the vaccine may not be completely ‘safe’. Who to blame? Those peddling ‘misinformation’ of course. ReclaimTheNet explains: […] However, some people, particularly in Europe, for obvious reasons, clearly still feel uncomfortable about advocating any
Christian Toto realclearinvestigations.com It’s a situation so funny that a growing number of ostracized comics forgot to laugh: Conservative-leaning material, they say, is increasingly subject to arbitrary online censorship by Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other social media giants — treatment that appears to have no other explanation except
Kurt Mahlburg mercatornet.com Kurt Mahlburg is a writer and author, and an emerging Australian voice on culture and the Christian faith. He has a passion for both the philosophical and the personal, drawing on his background as a graduate architect, a primary school teacher, a missionary, and a young
Administrator bassettbrashandhide.com Good Afternoon With regard to Michael Bassett’s deleted column, “Racism on a grand scale,” I note that you have persisted in displaying a response to it from Kelly Jensen. He or she claims: “To begin with, Dr Bassett takes issue with the new Aotearoa New Zealand
Right to Life News righttolife.org.uk A New Zealand MP is seeking to introduce censorship zones of 150 metres surrounding abortion clinics in the country. Labour MP, Louisa Wall, has put forward legislation that is expected to be debated this week, which would prevent people from offering help and
The Ponderer Stuff ran an article yesterday about a woman who was disgusted her 11-year-old daughter was asked to deliver an “extreme religious publication” on her paper round. Because they disagreed with the publication, rather than delivering it (as her daughter is legally and contractually obliged to do,
John Rofe Dear Leader of The Opposition, I favour the use of technology and a re-emphasis on renewable energy as the best means to a sustainable future for New Zealand’s children and grandchildren. I deplore the conspiracies of those who are party to the UN IPCC climate fraud,
Michael Bassett bassettbrashandhide.com I have always believed strongly in free speech. So did my university teachers. I recall my professor saying to me: “I might disagree fundamentally with what you say, but I fought in the War for your right to be able to say it”. About a month
It took them a while but the social justice warriors have finally tweaked that Dr Seuss books are raaacist. /sarc Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive
Across the entire planet, free speech has surreptitiously been under attack for many years. Slowly but surely, one small chip at a time, the thin end of the wedge has chiseled the tiniest of cracks into a chasm of Grand Canyon proportions where we perch on the edge, pushing back
Both the NZ Herald and the Northland Age published and then memory-holed the below article. At The BFD we do not support censorship or cancel culture so have obtained permission to re-publish the article so that our audience can make up their own minds. The original headline of
