A Free Speech Issue Thursday night Politics in Full Sentences hosted Ani O’Brien from Speak Up for Women. Speak Up for Women was formed by feminists worried about an amendment to the Births, Deaths, and Marriages Registration Bill that would allow a person to change their legal gender by
David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition On Monday we announced that the Free Speech Coalition intends to appeal the High Court’s decision rejecting our application for judicial review of Regional Facilities Auckland’s de-platforming of two Canadian speakers that ‘Auckland Peace Action’ was going to protest and Phil Goff
Do we need hate speech laws to stop racism, xenophobia, homophobia and other discriminatory speech? There is only one party within government in New Zealand who is not only opposed to the incoming hate speech laws, but is proposing to abolish laws we already have. That is the Act Party
“Every joke is a tiny revolution,” said George Orwell. Because jokes upset the established order. Whatever “brings down the mighty from their seats, preferably with a bump, is funny”. Which is why “comedy” today is so mind-numbingly un-funny. Contemporary “comedians” are not bringing down the high-and-mighty, they are the high-and-mighty.
Otago University professor James Flynn has told Sky News host Andrew Bolt that one of the best things about free speech is that “you often learn from your opponents”.
A Campaign Director of CitizenGo, which is “a community of active citizens that seeks to promote the participation of society in politics,” and mother of five young children Caroline Farrow, is currently facing the threat of prison, for daring to express her opinion. An opinion moreover that most of us
There has been close to universal condemnation of last week’s decision by the High Court to reject the Free Speech Coalition’s application for a judicial review of the decision of Regional Facilities Auckland last year to de-platform two Canadian speakers who Mayor Phil Goff didn’t like. Unless
Under the universal declaration of human rights, everyone has the right to hold opinions and the right to express them, including in writing – so we are informed by Jeremy Wells on Seven Sharp. It is a little hypocritical for TVNZ to tell us this as TVNZ “free speech” does not
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Adam Spencer is an able and entertaining enough mathematician, but as a broadcaster, is just another, conventionally “woke”, taxpayer-funded leftist. So, while it might be tempting to have a good laugh at his comeuppance at the hands of the social justice mob, it really goes to show just how unhinged
In just a few short weeks, PragerU will head to court again to fight for freedom of speech in America. While they are still waiting for the results of their federal case, PragerU has a new court date for their CA state lawsuit against Google/YouTube that is scheduled for
This Monday is the only English language election debate that Canadian PM Justin Trudeau will participate in. But his hand-picked debate commission has banned reporters from Rebel Media as well as other conservative media from even attending the debate. It’s a shocking violation of freedom of speech and freedom
I was browsing in the Op shop a few days ago when I heard a comment on the radio that stopped me in my tracks. It was a news report that alleged white supremacist posters were being ripped down at Auckland University. My first reaction was to think to myself
The place where our law is conceived is overseen by possibly the most biased speaker we can remember, making me wonder: Is anything immune from this government’s failings? “Question Time is an important opportunity for the Opposition to criticise the Government and there is pressure on the Speaker to
ACT Party Press Release: “The Prime Minister needs to stamp her authority on this Government by telling Shane Jones to pull his head in,” according to ACT Leader David Seymour “We almost expect to hear Jones asking for votes in return for Provincial Growth Fund money. It shows how far
