This Is the Length the New Stasi Will Go To
The astonishing bureaucratic secret inquisition into a Christian doctor.
Free Speech
The Stasi Files, Part II
They’re no longer universities in any meaningful intellectual or moral sense. They are anti-universities. They are cognitive enclosures: accredited zones of pre-approved ideas and ideologically screened emotions. These curated mind spaces are committed not to inquiry, but to orthodoxy.
The Erosion of Free Speech
Therefore, it is crucial that we remain alert to global digital regulation trends and actively defend freedom of expression, avoiding the adoption of European models, as freedom is lost gradually, slice by slice, through centralized decisions.
Is Anonymity a Protected Freedom or a Mask for Malice?
The liberty to be anonymous online is worth protecting, not because anonymity is an absolute good, but because the alternatives proposed by the state are far worse.
It’s Not a Good Week for Australia’s Online Censor
Which means it’s a very good week for free speech.
Free Speech Has Consequences
Now that leftists are facing the consequences of free speech, they can’t identify the inconsistency. I suspect that is more likely the result of political inconvenience than genuine confusion.
On Legoland and Burkha Bans
The alternative is ongoing decline or an adoption of colourblind authoritarianism which would see us acquiesce to ongoing reductions in freedom in the name of public safety whilst gaining nothing for it.
Jailed for Jokes
There are few things more offensive than arresting and punishing a person for making a joke you don’t like.
What’s Driving This Cancel Culture
Cultivating a culture of courage, a willingness to hear one another’s ideas, can throw a wrench into the whole censorious groupthink machine.
You Leave Your Free Speech at the Boss’s Door
Winston Peter’s heckler voided his free speech rights the moment he put the company lanyard around his neck.
Heckler’s Free Speech Tantrum Doesn’t Excuse His Employment Blunder
The heckler wasn’t just some random punter exercising his rights. He’s a vociferous DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) spokesman for Tonkin + Taylor, a company that prides itself on ‘inclusivity’ and professionalism, especially when dealing with Government clients like KiwiRail.
The Nonsense of This ‘Banter Ban’
Some colleagues and I will be proposing various amendments to the Employment Rights Bill in the Lords in an effort to scrap the ‘banter ban’.
Free Speech Is Essential to Our Human Dignity
Censorship is often less about making the world a safer place for minorities and more about indulging our own capacity for cruelty.