This may be an unpopular opinion, but I don’t want the Saint Jacinda Saves the Muslims movie cancelled. Yes, I agree with almost all of the criticisms made of it (hypocritical as many of them are) – but still, I don’t want it cancelled. I have trenchantly criticised Cancel
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Can animals be victims of hate speech? Yes, according to a recent article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies. Two academics from Sheffield University, in England, invoke heavy-hitting hate-speech theorists to argue that arguments which apply to humans
Finn Andreen mises.org Recently, Joe Rogan, one of the largest podcast hosts in the United States (10.6 million YouTube subscribers), expressed the following opinion about the vaccination of young adults: If you are 21 and ask me if you should get the vaccine, I would say “no”. If
Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled, but some people’s idea of it is that they are free to say what they like, but if anyone else says anything back, that is an outrage Winston Churchill A lot of people, especially
rt.com The UK government has criticised students at Oxford University’s Magdalen College as “simply absurd” for voting to remove a portrait of the Queen over concerns that it’s a symbol of Britain’s “recent colonial history.” Speaking after the vote, which was taken at the college’s
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Readers of the The BFD will certainly be more familiar with left-wing blogger Martyn “Bomber” Bradbury than I. Still, his reputation precedes him – and I’m grimly familiar with his type on the Australian left. Yes, we have them, too: the sad old gits who never grew out of their
It is with great concern that I write this but I feel compelled to do so, before the subsequent change in hate speech laws. These laws will basically curtail any and all debate over such issues as a report that will, without any consultation with the majority of the voting
Are Australians ready to go to jail for expressing opinions which displease the government? Popular, even if maybe wrong opinions? Because that’s exactly what the bonkers bureaucrats at Australia’s drug regulator are hinting at. Australia’s drug regulator, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), is considering referring Facebook posts
rt.com Twitter is very concerned about its recent blocking in Nigeria, calling the free and open internet an “essential human right.” Back in the US, commentators pointed out, Twitter doesn’t care as much about this “right.” Nigeria’s government “indefinitely” banned Twitter on Friday, after the US tech
Amanda Vickers voicesforfreedom.co.nz On pink shirt day, Stuff published a long-form piece dedicated to ridiculing and denigrating one of NZ’s leading epidemiologists, Dr. Simon Thornley. Pink shirt day aims to create communities where people feel valued and respected. Stuff’s language includes phrases such as: “feverishly embraces
Simon Black sovereignman.com Simon Black, as James Hickman is more commonly known, is a prolific writer on topics ranging from second residency and citizenship, Golden Visas and portfolio diversification, to estate and retirement planning, asset protection, tax optimization and US Opportunity Zones. Mikhail Tukhachevsky was only 42 years old
Peter Ridd’s case against James Cook University will be heard by the High Court at the end of this month. The case is a potential landmark judgment on academic freedom. But, considering it’s framed against a background of climate alarmism and allegedly dodgy science, don’t expect the
Golriz Ghahraman Green Party spokesperson for Electoral Reform. The Green Party is calling on the Government to hold Facebook accountable for its role in enabling behaviour which threatens democracy, by strongly regulating data privacy and the spread of dangerous disinformation. “Facebook has admitted it enables a range of harmful practices
Free Speech Union Because the issues are so important, Professor Philip Joseph, the author of New Zealand’s leading textbook on Constitutional and Administrative Law, has volunteered to support the Free Speech Union’s lead barrister Jack Hodder QC before the Supreme Court in its appeal relating to the banning
The Free Speech Union is announcing its support of an appeal to the Supreme Court, of parts of last month’s Court of Appeal decision in the Goff “divisive speaker ban” case. Last month, the Court of Appeal told Auckland Council it could not hide from human rights law behind
