Criminalizing Free Speech to Protect the Lie
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.
Free Speech
The Law Commission Jumps the Shark
'Ia Tangata' has been published and it is as bad as I predicted.
Face of the Day: Graham Linehan
Swarmed by five armed coppers and nearly killed… for tweets.
The Need for the Dundee Boudica
The Dundee lass reminds us of the fighting spirit that still exists. She stands her ground, resisting like a lion against a pack of hyenas: a spark waiting for the day it can rise again.
School Apologises to Student for Excluding Speech
FSU staff will now provide training at the school on best practice guidance on freedom of speech in an educational setting.
From ‘Banter Bill’ to Bias Hotlines: The Rise of Snitches
From Britain’s proposed speech laws to US bias hotlines, state-backed reporting networks are encouraging citizens to monitor – and punish – one another.
Free Speech and Holocaust Denial
Holocaust denial should be treated for what it is: a deliberate falsehood with the sole goal to cause harm and sow hatred.
Free Speech and Jewish Safety on Campus Are Not Incompatible
It’s time universities take Columbia’s lead and act like it.
So, Cancel Culture or Juniper Salon
It is far better that people are free to discriminate, with the market free to react, than to pass more ineffective laws which merely hide the practice rather than eliminate it.
Why I Disagree With This
Whether tribalism is along gender or ethnic lines, it discourages, if not extinguishes, freedom of thought and speech.
This Is Not a Free Speech Cause
Those boycotting the Bendigo Writer’s Festival don’t give a damn about free speech.
Encryption: A Matter of Privacy and a Free Society
Digital backdoors must be recognised as a threat to your privacy, security and, most importantly, freedom.
Letter from the North
I will continue to comment but I have to be careful in what I report and the language that I use.