Tag: free speech
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What happened to the Green party?
A Green party candidate won a seat in the Leeds city council elections yesterday and he and his supporters celebrated by unfurling a Palestinian flag and shouting, “Allahu Akbar”. I was curious to see what green policies he actually held because surely a Green party candidate would be championing segregated bike paths, low emission zones,…
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Protest at NZ High Commission in London
Since the voices of Iranian New Zealand women were suppressed through violence and intimidation in Auckland on the 25th March 2023, I thought I would share a link to a live stream outside the Iranian New Zealand High Commission in London, filmed yesterday, where British women give them a voice. You can watch it here…
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I may not agree with you but I defend your right to say it
At the Let Women Speak event in Auckland on Saturday 25th March 2023 women were denied the opportunity to speak by a violent and intimidating group of protestors. You have to wonder what ordinary NZ women want to say that would trigger this rage. We don’t know because they weren’t given the opportunity to speak.…
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Magmanimous
I want to make a comment about the scientist Tim Hunt, who was recently sacked for making some disparaging remarks about women. They weren’t exactly disparaging but they were not complimentary and although I think his intention was to be funny, they were not. However I don’t think this is a good reason for him…
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What is freedom of speech?
I’ve been thinking quite a bit about the idea of freedom of speech and freedom of expression this week and what it means exactly. It’s not something I’ve thought a great deal about in the past because I’ve always felt I had the freedom to express my thoughts, which I quite frequently do, and I’m…
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