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Don’t Cancel ‘They Are Us’

Don’t Cancel ‘They Are Us’

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

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The Case of Joe Rogan: Vaccine Policy and Freedom of Speech

The Case of Joe Rogan: Vaccine Policy and Freedom of Speech

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

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Even Bomber Can See It

Even Bomber Can See It

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

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Open Letter to Jacinda Ardern

Open Letter to Jacinda Ardern

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

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Vaccine Hesitancy? That’s Jail Time for You!

Vaccine Hesitancy? That’s Jail Time for You!

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

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‘You Couldn’t Make It up If You Tried’: Twitter Censors at Home, but Calls Access to Platform a ‘Human Right’ in Nigeria

‘You Couldn’t Make It up If You Tried’: Twitter Censors at Home, but Calls Access to Platform a ‘Human Right’ in Nigeria

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

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Stuff’s Pink-Shirt-Hypocrisy

Stuff’s Pink-Shirt-Hypocrisy

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

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The Woke Purge Is Coming for the Military

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

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Ridd Case Heads to the High Court

Ridd Case Heads to the High Court

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

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Greens Call for Facebook to Be Held Accountable for Role in Spreading Disinformation

Greens Call for Facebook to Be Held Accountable for Role in Spreading Disinformation

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

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Professor Philip Joseph Joins Free Speech Court Case

Professor Philip Joseph Joins Free Speech Court Case

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

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Council Insolence Means Free Speech Union (NZ) Appeals to the Supreme Court in the Goff ‘Divisive Speaker’ Case – Despite Important Gains in the Court of Appeal

Council Insolence Means Free Speech Union (NZ) Appeals to the Supreme Court in the Goff ‘Divisive Speaker’ Case – Despite Important Gains in the Court of Appeal

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

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