Look, nobody’s stopping Sam Stubbs from yapping. He can rant about Kirk all day, every day. That’s the beauty of free speech in a free country like ours.
Is celebrating a political assassination is a breach of basic decency and in conflict with the aims of the union he is set to lead? What should the limits of free speech be in positions of responsibility and employment?
Let this tragedy not be in vain. Let it be the impetus for a better way forward.
Debate is inefficient, messy, and noisy – but replacing speech with political violence risks shredding the fabric of society, and suppressing truth itself.
Fighting over language may seem trivial but it never is. The words we use to think and communicate are of vital importance. We cannot let ‘paper terrorism’ become the new scare campaign to take away more of our liberties.
“Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”
New Zealand, like America, must decide whether we will protect the space for robust, respectful debate – or whether we will surrender to a culture of fear where ideas are met not with words, but with violence.
Charlie showed that a true free-speech champion listens, seeks to understand, allows disagreement, and is willing to admit when they are wrong or have more to learn. And he embodied what it means to stand strong in your convictions and share your perspectives boldly.
To honor Charlie Kirk, we must not surrender to the darkness that took his life. We must keep speaking, keep debating and keep standing for truth, even when the world hates us.
Rather than admit their mistakes and work to fix the mess they’ve created, Britain’s government is criminalizing the truth to cover up their lies and failures.
'Ia Tangata' has been published and it is as bad as I predicted.
Swarmed by five armed coppers and nearly killed… for tweets.
