An examination.
Irish politician slams proposed “hate speech” legislation
‘I will not renounce my beliefs’
In an RTÉ-commissioned poll on “hate speech” legislation a few years ago, only 19% of viewers said they were in favour of such laws. The poll ran on Claire Byrne Live and was conducted by Amárach Research in 2017, the year after the Brexit referendum and the election of then-US President Donald Trump. 2017 was […]
Hate crime.
It is fitting, given that five of its 15 members have a direct personal involvement in the legal system, that the first item to jump out from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s latest missive on racism and discrimination is a clarion call for “the need to extend access to Legal aid for people […]
Alas, an event like this is bound to be a let-down: After all, it couldn’t possibly be as insufferable as it sounds.
Senator Sharon Keogan has railed against the government’s proposed hate speech laws, saying that they will turn Ireland into a “woke theocracy.” The comments were made this week in the Seanad during a debate on a new proposed hate speech law. Sharon Keogan on her opposition to hate speech legislation, warning that Ireland is sliding […]
Those pursuing Mark Humphrys do not, in truth, really care what he said, or says. What they want is to send a signal about their own views: Agree with us, or else.
Councillor Treanor has long been a controversial figure, mainly because he says things about immigration, in very plain language, that more respectable politicians would never dream of saying. That is also, in large part, why he keeps winning elections.
A Christan preacher says that she is “vindicated” after a hate-speech charge was thrown out – and is now set to sue the Metropolitan Police in London for dragging her through the courts in an 18-month legal battle. Hazel Lewis, who has been described as a street preacher, was falsely accused of threatening to stab […]
We have incitement to hatred legislation in Ireland. If what has happened in the past few days is not incitement to hatred, then what is? When you tell a community that they are victims of institutional racism, without any evidence; when you tell a community that one of their members was murdered, without any evidence; […]