Throwing someone in jail for 3years using a law defined by the police is not a liberal progressive democracy no matter how noble the life goals!
The speed and glee with which the Woke are demanding the criminalization of speech means the knock impacts are being ignored.
By giving Police resources and budget, we inadvertently provide incentives for them to create a Stasi.
But what about inadvertently creating more radicalization?
Why has NO ONE asked if this heavy handed over the top approach will actually generate more radicalization?
Won’t we be inadvertently creating a thousand new radical recruits by allowing Woke activists to play out all their revenge fantasies by constantly demanding Police investigate everyone they hate?
We recently saw the woke have a racist dickhead sacked from his job. What happens when that creates a radicalized backlash and pushes desperate people into acts of violence?
Why is everyone so excited about gaining powers that inadvertently cause the very radicalization the woke claim they are fighting?
It’s because this isn’t about social policy, it’s a revenge fantasy for the woke to hurt those they disagree with.
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Are they “hate speech” laws, or are they anti-speech laws?
+1 Kheala
+1 Kheala
https://thestandard.org.nz/about-the-hate-speech-law-changes/
Here again is the discussion document:
https://www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Documents/Publications/Incitement-Discussion-Document.pdf
Note, as-is, it includes criticising someone (or whatever) for their political opinions. If anyone cannot see a problem with that, they need more than Spec-savers.
+1 Kheala
I think those into cancel culture don’t/won’t know when to stop and the majority of New Zealanders don’t like being told what to think and do, and also believe in some measure of fairness. Which means there’s going to be a major clash over this which is going to sadly overshadow something which is much more important which is the climate change emergency.
The woke mobs are the new Cultural revolution red army of NZ and joining the Natz Nazi right wingers to create their secret police where you can be arrested and detained for misuse of pronouns or some trivial matter and to also justify mass surveillance in case there is some ‘hate speech’ among the general population.
NZ has found that obsessing about nothing is very cheap news and easier than actually thinking about real problems. The new laws seem to be seeking to prosecute people run by people and organisations pretending to be doing something (and getting paid a lot of money for it) while actually seemingly doing nothing.
Where did the money go for all that surveillance that missed Tarrant when his own gun club were reporting him! Why did the police not check his references in the first place properly. The existing laws are perfectly fine, the problem is that the aftermath didn’t focus on why people don’t do their jobs well any more (police and gun control) and that debate seems to be off the radar!
Existing laws are not the problem with hate speech, it is more a lack of effort and accountability of those running organisations that fail and shift the blame after Tarrant. Investigators are not interested in the truth and stopping terror attack occurring or any public transparency, instead some are seeking to benefit more power from it, and kick start their own red guards totalitarianism movement in NZ.
I agree with XstraightXedgeX…..well said!
We should look to China and arrest and interrogate those spreading false rumours on-line which could also be part of the hate speech new laws. Sarcasm.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/chinas-covid-whistleblower-doctor-first-reported-patients-one-year-ago/ar-BB1clHm3
“On December 31, 2019, health authorities in Wuhan first alerted the World Health Organization about a cluster of cases of mysterious pneumonia. However, Li had already sounded the alarm the day before by warning friends and colleagues in a private chat group about seven hospital patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
His private message went viral, and days later Li was summoned and given an official reprimand by the Wuhan Public Security Bureau for “spreading false rumors online.” He was made to sign a statement acknowledging his offense.”
Thanks Martin for the insight in this article, and your string support of free speech.
I agree that people can become more radicalised by getting pissed off by unnecessary and unfair (subjective) policies that affect them.
I used to read TDB a bit for a period years ago just to see what the left were thinking, now
I come to The Daily Blog more often to read because it has sensible articles and some good comments.
Love reading Chris Trotter, and other articles like this one.
Thanks again!
Thanks Martin, appreciate the article and your insight.
Yes radicalisation of some dick heads is real if stupid policies affect them.
(posted again because my last comment seemed to dissappear)
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