New Zealand’s new Race Relations Commissioner is spouting the same dangerous rhetoric as the old Race Relations Commissioner. The face may have changed but the anti-free speech sentiment is still there in spades. To mangle an utterance attributed to Henry II of England, Will no one rid me of
Free Speech Coalition: A year ago the Free Speech Coalition was launched as a result of Auckland Mayor Phil Goff’s announcement that he was ‘banning’ two controversial Canadian speakers from the Council-owned Bruce Mason Centre. New Zealanders like you and I said “no” to Mr Goff, and donated time
Last week I wrote about how Wokeness has infected Miss Universe New Zealand. It seems that the Ms America pageant is not immune either. Katie Williams is disappointed that just days before the Ms. America pageant she was stripped of her Ms. Nevada State 2019 title and denied the chance
Sky News host Andrew Bolt says “the new bullying on the left” is shutting down not just debates but also comedy acts. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
Free Speech Coalition’s Dr David Cumin interviews British journalist and editor of Spiked! Online, Brendan O’Neill. David and Brendan discuss the similarities between New Zealand and Britain regarding free speech, censorship culture and the current climate surrounding political correctness. Brendan gives his views on the scope of free
Snopes is at it again. This time they have targeted the Satirical site the Babylon Bee. If you haven’t heard of them before this is how the site describes itself. The Babylon Bee is the world’s best satire site, totally inerrant in all its truth claims. We write
I want to share a story with you all about heavy-handed behaviour exhibited by a security person at Tauranga airport towards a Russian Orthodox Christian lady who was praying out of the way of others. I expect that it will provoke a discussion about tolerance of those who are religious
Some years back, a couple of British feminist Labour MPs commissioned a report into “sexist hate-speech” on Twitter. Somewhat to the embarrassment of the MPs who wanted to “Reclaim the Internet” for women, the study actually found that more than half of the abusive tweets aimed at women…came from
The Christchurch terrorist’s manifesto had no innate power. If everyone had been allowed to read it and to intellectually tear it apart in a robust marketplace of ideas it would have been reduced to powder. New Zealand’s Chief Censor, however, had other ideas and so did PM Jacinda
Free Speech Coalition Podcast: Free Speech Coalition spokesperson Rachel Poulain interviews Grant Edwards. Grant is a street preacher with more than 20 years of preaching experience. Recently Grant was preaching on a public street in Whangarei where he was stopped by the police and threatened with being charged under the
I was reading a press release from the Maori Council yesterday and it showed a complete lack of respect for free speech and included comments that if they had been said by President Trump would have been labelled racist. WE DON’T WANT PEOPLE LIKE THAT HERE. WE SHOULD NOT
Free speech is in jeopardy. Big Tech behemoths like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are putting their thumbs on the free speech scale, “restricting” conservative content they don’t like. PragerU is fighting back with a lawsuit against YouTube and its parent company, Google. The real winner (or loser) will be
He was censored by Facebook after achieving huge success and a massive following. He then moved to Youtube. If you have a great Youtube or Vimeo video to share send it to videos@thebfd.co.nz
One must be careful not to express hurty feelings in today’s snowflake world. At least that is what Alan Jones is finding out. He’s been told by his employer that if he makes any more remarks along the lines of suggesting Scott Morrison should shove a sock down
Free Speech Coalition Press release: Responding to the planned ban on protest within 150m of abortion clinics, Free Speech Coalition spokesperson Rachel Poulain says: “Restrictions on protest near abortion clinics would set a worrying precedent. If we accept a 150-metre restricted-speech zone, there is no clear principle to stop groups
