James Sikkema McMaster University James Sikkema is a teaching-award winning philosophy professor at McMaster University specializing in the history of philosophy, metaphysics, ethics and applied ethics. In the last few years he has become increasingly active in public intellectual work, whether through doing philosophy with/for children, hosting public
In the long-gone days of the Jim Crow South, racist Democrat voters and their demagogue politicians used to intimidate juries by parading outside courthouses in their pointy hoods. In the new era of Jim Snow, racist Democrat voters and their demagogue politicians show up in hoodies and face-masks.
PM Jacinda Ardern says we will know ‘hate speech’ when we see it. Whilst her government is very keen to impose hate speech laws on us it is not so keen to define what ‘hate speech’ actually is. The government’s hate speech game is therefore Russian roulette. You spin
This post was written before the trial verdict was delivered. It has been updated. If it weren’t for the overwhelming evidence that Maxine Waters is little more than a drooling idiot, I’d suspect she was deliberately trying to trigger a mistrial in Minneapolis. As lawyers wound up their
Next Sunday when we celebrate ANZAC Day and pay tribute to the New Zealanders who fought and died in two horrendous World Wars, we must all remind ourselves of the two main reasons for their supreme sacrifices: Our freedom and our sovereignty as a nation. For in this year of
As the Derek Chauvin murder trial draws to its end, it’s worth noting just how egregiously the mainstream media have lied about it. Yes, shocking, I know: the mainstream media lie. That’s why you need independent media, like The BFD, to try and get to the truth when
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. District Headquarters Hospital Faisalabad is a 570-bed hospital in the second-largest city in the Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province. Like all hospitals in Pakistan, it is under pressure from the Covid-19 pandemic, but it has
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Prime Minister yesterday told her weekly press conference she was “disheartened” the ACT Party doesn’t want to engage with the Government over its proposed Hate Speech Laws, despite ACT writing to the Justice Minister and agreeing for the caucus to meet with
Michael Dowling Chairman Council of Licenced Firearms Owners Submissions on the proposed new regulations for firearms close in 6 days. If these proposals go ahead, there will be significantly more regulation for dealers, security arrangements for LFOs and increased cost. You can read our final draft submission here. We have
Hayden Crosby University of Auckland Hayden Crosby is a PhD candidate in criminology at the University of Auckland. His research focuses on the far right, primarily in New Zealand and Australia. He is former far right extremist which has given him a great deal of insight, knowledge, and experience that
ACT Party ACT Leader David Seymour “The Government’s proposed Hate Speech Laws mean someone could spend longer in jail for having an unpopular opinion than assaulting a child, male assaults female, participating in a riot and common assault,” says ACT Leader David Seymour. “A cabinet paper released last week
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.
