‘Hate Speech’ Is Not Real
Whether or not speech is ‘hate’ speech is totally subjective. What is one man’s hate is another man’s sensible observation.
USA Politics
No, the World Isn’t Ending
If you call your boss stupid and your boss takes offense, he/she ‘the boss’ has every right to can you from working in the office. ‘Free speech’ does not apply to the employee-employer relationship.
Charlie Kirk Memorial Vigil in Launceston
Even in faraway Tasmania, hundreds gathered to pay their respects.
Thoughts on Charlie Kirk
Would you employ someone who danced and celebrated the assassination of someone, even if you didn’t like the person who was assassinated? These people have caused actual harm – to their employers, to public trust and to basic decency. The consequences are on them.
FBI Probes Possible Kirk Plot
Social media messages seemed to anticipate the assassination.
Wars Are Not the Answer
These types must not be allowed to succeed and Europe must ensure, along with America, that they don’t. A global conflict could well ensue, but, as in earlier wars, it is a price we pay to root out evil.
Call to Dam the Rivers of Gold Funding Leftist Hate
US moves to freeze assets of billionaires funding violent intolerance.
China’s Elite Are Disillusioned – But Can’t Quit the US
‘Chimerica’ is unraveling – but its contradictions remain.
The Lessons to Be Learnt
Let this tragedy not be in vain. Let it be the impetus for a better way forward.
How to Play Proper Politics
If you are not willing to do what is necessary to destroy your enemies, then, for your own safety, you should step away from politics.
This Is the Enemy of Liberty
Debate is inefficient, messy, and noisy – but replacing speech with political violence risks shredding the fabric of society, and suppressing truth itself.
‘It Will Happen and We Will Do It in Charlie’s Name’
The Trump administration gears up the machinery of justice to reign in violent extremism.