Geoffrey Churchman Waikanae watcher waikanaewatch.org On Friday the Newsroom website on this page said it had obtained the Cabinet Paper put forward by Justice Minister Chris Faafoi showing what the Government has in store to “protect” us from so-called ‘hate speech’ and gives some of the intentions. It
Strap yourselves in folks and don’t adjust your tin foil hats. David Fisher over at the NZ Herald has let his imagination run wild. According to Fisher (gasp), there is a major security threat in New Zealand. The danger is not Covid-19 or vaccinations to prevent Covid-19.
So… just who won the Cold War? When the Soviet Union collapsed and the Berlin Wall came down, cold warrior Ronald Reagan would have been justified in thinking that he had successfully stared down the Evil Empire. 30 years later, it’s not so clear. One thing is certain: Even
Banning “hate” against religion is a return to our recently vaporised blasphemy laws, but with more teeth. While many liberals, libertarians, and even some conservatives cheered on Andrew Little’s repeal of our old (unused) blasphemy laws in 2019, I urged caution. Nature abhors a vacuum. A society must have
Kayla Sargent newsbusters.org Big Tech has censored conservatives on social media for years now in a near constant battle for the right to exist in the digital age. But now conservative leaders have come together to develop a strategy to take on Big Tech, fight back. Conservative donors and
Dr David Cumin Spokesperson Free Speech Coalition This is rather urgent. What the Government is proposing on hate speech laws is, frankly, scary. I’m writing to ask for your urgent support so we can stop it. The Newsroom website (for Newsroom subscribers only) has obtained the Cabinet Paper put
Reports of the Government’s proposed new hate speech laws go a step too far and risk sacrificing the freedoms New Zealanders enjoy, National’s Justice spokesperson Simon Bridges says. “The reforms are supposedly including protections to every ground listed in Section 21 of the Human Rights Act. That includes
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “Introducing hate speech laws, as described in a Cabinet Paper reported by Newsroom, would take human rights and our ability to problem solve as a country backwards,” says ACT Leader David Seymour After saying the laws are not currently a priority on Tuesday, the
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The world is currently facing greater challenges than it has in decades, with a pandemic, a decline in democracy and geopolitical tensions on the rise. More than ever we need to unite New Zealand behind good ideas, and that takes honest conversations about the
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. Back in 2017, Columbia University’s Knight First Amendment Institute sued President Donald Trump for blocking seven of his followers. Apparently they had criticised him, and the thin-skinned owner of the @realDonaldTrump account retaliated by blocking them. This
Rock star Ted Nugent is notable as one of the few celebrities to be outspokenly and unashamedly conservative. Naturally, Uncle Ted is constantly attacked for his views. But is Ted really such an outlier in the uber-woke entertainment industry? Or is he just one of the few with the
rt.com Reporters for the right-leaning news outlet Rebel News have posted videos showing employees being detained by police at an Airbnb location where they were working covering Covid-19 lockdown measures. In one video posted to Twitter on Saturday, Rebel News reporter David Menzies can be seen having
It’s official, now: everything is racist. We’re not just talking about actors inadvertently referring to “coloured people” or crime figures that show that black Americans overwhelmingly dominate crime statistics. Oh, no: nothing escapes the stain of “racism” any more. Maths, music, statues, Abraham Lincoln, chess, golf, craft beer,
Despite the Philistine chest-thumping of the CodeBros and “IFL Science” types, the Humanities are essential to saving Western culture. Or, at least, they should be. The problem is that the Humanities have been subjected to a decades-long assault by the Long March left. To the point that Humanities
