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Yeah we are looking at introducing hate speech laws after the attack. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/04/08/524142/what-will-happen-to-hate-speech-laws?fbclid=I
by xupybd 8y ago
Yeah we are looking at introducing hate speech laws after the attack. https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/04/08/524142/what-will-happen-to-hate-speech-laws?fbclid=IwAR0MH8h6gPb5yH45bstg6Hf16gV7oeJKftLQRsUm9XvZUC5_y3jjvjDgUAs# https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/04/08/524142/what-will-happe...
Many people here don't value free speech even a little bit. I fear where this will lead us.
- xupybd 8y agoTo show how bad it is here. Our Civil Liberties society doesn't fight for free speech https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/there-should-be-limits-to-free-speech-council-for-civil-liberties.html https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/03/there-sho...
- m0zg 8y agoSeems like a nation well on its way to becoming a "bad" historical example in a 100 years or less.
- mr_toad 8y agoI wonder if they’ll ban the Old Testament. There’s still some fairly hateful passages in there.
- shard972 8y agoDon't value? They have been begging for free speech to be utterly decimated and cry foul if you even suggest that maybe they shouldn't lockup a teenager over sharing the video. They just want to "teach people lessons", it's quite sad really.
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- claudiawerner 8y agoWhy is free speech a good in itself, as opposed to other forms of action which are not good in themselves? Why is a law against hate speech objectionable?