Information Satire Massey University Vice-Chancellor, Prof Jan Thomas, has been hand-picked to oversee a newly passed law in Singapore. The law passed in May, comes into effect this month and requires a watchdog to police it to ensure fake news does not reach the citizens of Singapore. Because of Thomas’
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Today’s tweet of the day is both the canary in the mine AND the frog in the pot trying to jump out…
Once is bad, twice is worse but when it happens a third time it is a habit. Massey University has now removed all doubt about their true stance on Freedom of Speech. They may as well add a pair of Jackboots to their coat of arms because they are as
When I think about this government the following saying springs to mind… Throwing the baby out with the bath water. In this case, it is free speech that is being thrown out because of an overreaction to a letter written from prison. Once again all of New Zealand has to
No Face Just when I felt a scrap of sympathy for Speak up for Women because Massey University deplatformed them… I joined their mailing list to read some of their articles. The first article in my mailbox pissed me right off and I was once again reminded why I dislike
Free Speech Coalition Patrick Corish interviews Melissa Derby Support the show Patrick sits down with Dr Melissa Derby, a lecturer of history at Auckland University of Technology. On 16 October Massey University cancelled a Feminism 2020 event that Melissa was invited to speak at. Her speech was going to be
Magic.co.nz They want to turn what should be a battle of ideas into a battle of force. Jim Flynn In this audio Sean Plunket interviews University of Otago emeritus professor Jim Flynn about his book, ‘In Defense of Free Speech: The University as Censor’. Ironically the professor’s
Today’s face of the day Saunoamaali’i Dr Karanina Sumeo is a very strange Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, as she doesn’t support equal access to free speech. In fact, she supports feminists being de-platformed from Massey University describing it as a “Good call.”
Today’s tweet of the day puts into context why the Free Speech Coalition defended views that many disliked. It is easy to defend freedom of speech for those whose views we support but we can only keep free speech if we defend the speech of those whose views we
John Edmundson at the Redline Blog has explained why Karl Marx would not have supported Trans Activism if he were alive today. He would have supported Trans rights, he explains, but not at the expense of biological women’s rights. Marx’s most fundamental guiding principle throughout his life’s
This week Sean Plunket brought three people onto his Magic talkback show to discuss the various issues surrounding Massey University’s disgraceful decision to kowtow to bullies and stomp all over the free speech rights of its students. He interviewed Rachel Stewart who quit writing for the NZ Herald when
