Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, a young politician from the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, who was recently convicted for inciting hatred. This conviction followed her public discussion of gang rape statistics linked to Afghan migrants in Germany. Kaiser’s case has ignited a fiery debate on the balance between free speech and hate speech, especially in the context of discussing sensitive statistical data.
Posted in Free Speech, Law & Courts, Sex Crimes
A report from the front lines
It can happen to anyone. A bad tweet, viral video, or something you say (or text, post, e-mail, or Slack) gets blown out of proportion. Then comes a public pile-on or an official investigation, followed by punishment or ostracism. Cancel culture—the mob-like desire to punish politically incorrect speech—has made modern life into a minefield.
Those who deny the existence of cancel culture argue that the term is a smoke screen to excuse bad behavior from people who don’t want to accept the consequences of their actions. But the mere articulation of an unpopular opinion or uncomfortable truth shouldn’t make it impossible for ordinary people to live their lives. As the writer Jonathan Rauch has observed, criticism, or “expressing an argument or opinion with the idea of rationally influencing public opinion through public persuasion,” can be distinguished from canceling, which is “organizing or manipulating a social environment or a media environment with a goal or predictable effect of isolating, deplatforming, or intimidating an ideological opponent.”
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Posted in Cultural Marxism, Free Speech
ATTACK: Free Speech Under Fire delves into the crucial battle to preserve one of our most fundamental rights in an era of increasing censorship and ideological clashes
Posted in Andrew Napolitano, Free Speech, John Mearsheimer
Posted in Free Speech, Lauren Chen, Law & Courts
Posted in Free Speech, Law & Courts, Mark Levin, Scott Adams
Rebecca Weiner, the Columbia adjunct professor who coordinated the university’s police assault on student protesters, has a long history of working with the NYPD, receiving training in Israel from the IDF and illegally spying on Muslims in the United States. Weiner insists that the speech and ideas espoused by the protesting Columbia students is akin to terrorism and must be stifled by the authorities.
Posted in Free Speech, Law & Courts, Radicals
Posted in Free Speech, Law & Courts, Radicals
Democrats and Republicans come together in a bipartisan way to craft one of the worst pieces of legislation we’ve ever seen.
Posted in Free Speech, Government, Matt Walsh, Republicans/Neo-Cons
