The late Christopher Hitchens said, in defense of free speech, “Every time you violate or propose to violate the free speech of someone else, you, in potentia, you’re making a rod for your own back”. Because, as Hitchens argued, who gets to decide? Right now, it may be people
Lewis Andrew sojournal.co.nz Cancel culture. Outrage. Twitter mob. Disinvited. Doxing. This is the world we now live in. One false move and you could be history. The mob could be unleashed and your family and workplace targeted. So what do you do? You shut up and make sure
Lindsay Perigo solopassion.com The Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation, long a bastion of Woke-Fascism, just tried to cancel Land of Hope and Glory and from this year’s Summer Proms. Brits are not amused by their KKK (Kancel Kultur Klan): Sing along for liberty! Here are the lyrics. Pump up the
Press Release: New Conservative New Conservative congratulates Family First on winning the appeal against their de-registration from the Charities Register. This is great news during a time of great erosion of core New Zealand principles such as free speech and democracy for the people. In 2017, the Charities Registration Board
Leighton Baker New Conservative Leader Most days, hundreds of thousands of young New Zealanders make their way to various learning institutions where their caregivers assume that they will be developing their young minds and gaining the skills to become fantastic citizens. Adults trust these learning institutions to provide facts and
TV PRESENTER Neil Oliver says Scotland’s new Hate Crime Bill could mean that he faces a long prison sentence for expressing certain views. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill introduced by Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf looks to extend the law on ‘hate crime’ covering particular characteristics,
Back in my high school days, I had a history teacher, Mr Jacques. He was one of those cool, groovy, socialist teachers – full beard, John Lennon glasses, corduroy jacket complete with elbow patches. We never really had much to do with each other, but one thing he said stayed with
Race Relations Commissioner Meng Foon has rebuked a West Coast Regional Council chairman who publicly referred to Covid-19 as “this Chinese virus”. Allan Birchfield was on Friday quoted in the Greymouth Star saying”I’m taking a bit of a different attitude to this Chinese virus. It’s going to
A paper critical of New Zealand university links with China by Professor Anne-Marie Brady has drawn complaints from other universities and prompted a review by her own employer. The University of Canterbury professor, whose research into the Chinese Government’s efforts to influence Western democracies has won her international recognition,
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Francis Forde Dear Professor Flynn I am contacting you in regard to your manuscript “In Defense of Free Speech: The University as Censor.” [We] believe that its publication, in particular in the United Kingdom, would raise serious concerns. By the nature of its subject matter, the work addresses sensitive topics
Salman Rushdie, a man who has been cancelled perhaps longer than any other writer, has spoken out against left-wing cancel culture: Salman Rushdie has warned that Left-wing ‘cancel culture’ is a threat to literature and freedom of speech. Responding to the idea that authors should write only ‘what they know’
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As the Drew Pavlou affair has exposed, Australian universities are increasingly in thrall to the thuggish Chinese Communist Party. The same academics who screech and thunder about “academic freedom” at the very notion of a dedicated course in Western Civilisation, happily fall to their knees the instant Beijing’s bully
