Roger Kiska: Scottish Hate Crime Bill “Overregulates Free Speech”
"... Scotland deserves better."
"... Scotland deserves better."
"You cannot gag your way to a better society."
"We applaud the Kennedy School for bringing balance and fair representation to the table."
"Got the message? Don’t question either the degree of danger coronavirus poses or whatever actions governments take in the name of countering coronavirus."
Trevor Phillips: “It was therefore only a matter of time before this ‘definition’ would inevitably lead to the persecution of individuals who dissented. I never imagined that I myself would be the first political victim of such a witch-hunt.”
“The cycle of fear and silence should not be accepted.”
"The big tech companies don’t want more government oversight, they simply want to continue to have their have their editorial take and enforce it too while taking your money and suppressing your voice."
"Gavin Williamson’s warning that universities are drinking in the last chance saloon offers vice-chancellors an opportunity to show that they are capable of self-reflection and robust intervention to maintain academe as a bastion of enlightenment values. If they cannot establish effective rules to defend speech, which they have conspicuously failed to do, then clearly someone else will have to do it for them."
“People must be able to speak their minds. If we don’t have free speech, we don’t have a free society.”
"The initial judgment from the Court of Appeal sent a resounding message to universities and employers across the land: Christians should be allowed to express their views."
The issue of vaccination mandates is among the greatest threats to American liberty. Not only is our right to accept or refuse medical treatments under fire, but even the freedom to think for ourselves is rapidly crumbling under the weight of “settled science.” As our society continues to abandon civil discourse, both conservatives and liberals alike are all too eager to punish thought criminals who dare break from the acceptable talking points on the issue of vaccination. The only options are complete acceptance or silence. Little by little, however, bold Americans with sizable platforms are daring to take the third option and…
One of the most commonly sung at state events is Isaac Watts’ “O God, Our Help In Ages Past”. It was sung again yesterday at the Remembrance Sunday service in Westminster Abbey.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission maintains that universities have a legal duty to uphold free speech.