Free Speech
Ardern says ‘we know’ the hate speech that leads to violence
“When you see it, you know it” Jacinda Ardern said in response to the question “how do you define hate speech that leads to violence?”. She says the Human Rights Act has a gap and fails to protect us from “religious hate speech”. As a Christian of many years, I’
When hate speech is dangerous speech
The terror attack on Christchurch has ignited the debate about hate speech and censorship. Quote. The terrorist attacks on two Christchurch mosques, in which 50 people were killed, have brought questions of whether New Zealand is doing enough to legislate against racial and religiously-motivated attacks to the fore. For those
Why Golriz Ghahraman should not be the guardian of our speech
By Juliet Moses, an Auckland-based lawyer First published on Shalom.Kiwi April 28, 2019 Republished with permission For a first-time list MP who made it into parliament by the skin of her teeth, and is in a minor party that maybe is or isn?t in government (depending on what
Our journey towards an Orwellian Police state
Lindsay Perigo believes that New Zealand has become an Orwellian Police state. I don’t think that we are there yet, but we are certainly well on our way. We are following in the footsteps of countries like the UK who now criminalise little old ladies for liking or sharing
Equal citizenship is not hate-speech
Hobson’s Pledge Trust hobsonspledge.nz Banning Don Brash from a university is one thing but suggesting that advocacy of arguments made by New Zealanders such as him should be made illegal is a whole lot worse. It was precisely these sorts of threats that sparked the creation of the
Modern day Witch-prickers
James I of England was a gifted scholar and lover of knowledge, fluent in four languages. By the time he was fourteen, he encouraged learning and the advancement of science. Under his patronage William Harvey laid the foundations of modern anatomy with his revolutionary theory of blood circulation overturning 1500
Right Minds NZ Podcast: CGT, worshipping Easter, hate speech & Media propaganda
By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the third episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Jesse Anderson and recorded on the evening of Thursday 25th April, 2019, due to Easter and ANZAC holidays. In this episode, we discuss: * The vanishing Capital Gains Tax and
Should the government censor our news?
MP Louisa Wall thinks it’s about time that the government censored our news and PM Jacinda Ardern is already onto it. Quote. Kia Ora. The Media and those that transmit their political content and other political content generated for these public mediums, are defined as The Fourth Estate or
Right Minds podcast: Jacinda & Simon, Julian Assange & Notre Dame
By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the second episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Jesse Anderson and recorded on Tuesday 16th April, 2019. In this week’s episode, we discuss: * Israel Folau’s sacking, the obligations of faith, the importance of contracts, and
Why didn’t anyone speak up in defense of liars or thieves?
Or drunks or adulterers or atheists? Not a whisper of protest from them about being consigned to the fires of hell. From what I can see, we didn’t actually hear from homosexuals either because crying foul on Folau came on behalf of homosexuals. The overreaction came from secular, thin-skinned
Right Minds Podcast: Free speech, guns, ANZAC Day & more
By Dieuwe de Boer Rightminds This is the first episode of the Right Minds Podcast, hosted by Dieuwe de Boer and Jesse Anderson and recorded on Tuesday 9th April, 2019. We start off by discussing the “hate speech” legislation that Andrew Little is fast-tracking and that is supported by Golriz
Transcript: Gun & hate speech law reform + Winston Peters’ previous comments on Islam
Guyon Let’s put some of that to the Acting Prime Minister, Winston Peters who joins us now, good morning to you. Winston Good morning. Guyon We’ve just had Nicole McKee from the Coalition of Licenced Firearm Owners, I know you probably wouldn’t have been able to hear
The Free Speech fight
ACT party Free Press The Christchurch terrorist attacks have set off a debate about hateful actions and speech that targets particular groups and whether we need new laws to protect New Zealanders. Hate Crimes Hate crimes are acts of violence or hostility directed at people because of who they are.
Free speech is under more threat than ever
?Never waste a good crisis? is attributed to Churchill, referring to the political activist?s opportunity to panic people during a crisis into accepting changes they would otherwise reject. The enemies of free speech have it front of mind. Claiming compassion, they?ve seized the Christchurch attacks as a licence
Free speech Coalition will defend current & long-held free speech rights
MEDIA RELEASE Free speech Coalition The Free Speech Coalition will campaign against new laws to supress traditional freedom of speech signalled by Justice Minister Andrew Little. Constitutional lawyer, and Free Speech Coalition spokesperson, Stephen Franks says, ?New Zealand already has clear laws against incitement of violence. We have a very