“The few who dare must speak and speak again.”
“Chilling effect on the ordinary person”
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar defends disregarding the results of the public consultation on “hate speech” laws, arguing that “very often” such consultations are hijacked by “campaigning groups” and are not “reflective of public opinion.” #gript
Ultimately, the only way to resist is to completely ignore this law.
This initiative is not about inclusivity, and never was: It is about political and cultural insurance.
“Bertie should have been charged for crimes…people are tired of traditional politics”: Peter Casey talks Bertie Ahern’s return, hate speech laws, gender ideology in schools, should Ireland leave the EU, and how he thinks the President could have ended the lockdown restrictions. View all this and more on Gript: #gript
“Salami tactics.”
The original test act, just like this modern one, had a simple animating origin: Fear.
By eschewing debate and, indeed, democracy itself, Una is effectively arguing that the opinions of the little people should not matter.
“Banning thought crime is Orwellian by its very nature”: 40 Days for Life hit out at plan to ban silent prayer vigils outside abortion clinics.
We could debate this, in a civilised society: But debate it is not what Gary Lineker did.
To call this a disgrace would be to gravely under-state the matter.