You’ve got the right to remain silent
As I have written before, in our developed Western liberal democracies it’s not the government and its instrumentalities that account for the bulk of efforts to restrict free speech and …
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Of Nazi pugs, gross offensiveness and double standards
A few months ago, a friend sent me a link to a YouTube video, in which a Scottish lad decided to prank his girlfriend by secretly teaching her pet pug …
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In communism, the government rates you
Another reminder, if one is needed (the voice-over: one is, sadly, always needed) of the difference between the democratic and autocratic societies, the open and the closed ones, the individualistic …
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This ain’t an honour, it’s a circle jerk
Some of my readers keep asking why I keep blogging about the adventures of Yassmin Abdel-Magied. After all, to keep talking about her merely gives her more oxygen and needlessly …
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Salon: “Why is the Bible so badly written?”
Salon publishes and unpublishes: Why is the Bible so badly written? https://t.co/lOJ9MGxNUP pic.twitter.com/4FdDnPw9AL — Salon (@Salon) February 8, 2018 Thank you for your feedback. We heard you. Upon further review, …
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All hate is equal (but some hate is more equal than others)
In Western Australia, the police spring into action, News.com.au reports: Police are investigating those involved in an Australia Day party last week that gained attention after images emerged of attendees’ …
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Those Polish death camps
Poland’s populist government is criminalising language and policing history: Polish lawmakers approved a bill on Friday that makes it a crime, punishable by up to three years in prison, to …
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Anti-FaComIS
Yesterday, on my morning walk through my quiet and semi-leafy neighbourhood of Wooloowin, in the outer inner north of Brisbane, Australia, I was confronted by an unexpected sight. Overnight, someone …
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Religious protection? Why not political one?
Now that the same-sex marriage will soon be legal in Australia, the only unresolved legislative question remains is the extent of the “protection” provided to those who continue to have …
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Right wing security tax
This is outrageous: University students are being told they will have to pay to hire security guards if they want to run events spruiking conservative ideals — including pro-coal ideas. Student …
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Ten things we should be talking about instead of Same Sex Marriage
It was with great lack of joy that I came back from five weeks in Europe to find out that the public debate in Australia remains exactly in the same …
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No dating for you, you Nazi scum
Once, a long time ago, Nazis used to ban everything and everyone. Nowadays, everyone bans Nazis everywhere. Poor Nazis. I’m being sarcastic, of course. I have no sympathy whatsoever with …
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No results found for “diversity of opinion”
A Google engineer writes a 10-page memo, which in large part complains that Google is an ideological echo chamber, which is hostile to those like him on the right (he …
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What would we do without Wiltshire Police?
Residents of Warminster and surrounding areas, rejoice, as crime has been eliminated in your shire – or alternatively beware, if you are a hater: The focus on tonight's #999WhatsYourEmergency is …
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