The mob has captured Dáil Éireann.
“You need to have a consensus, and that was not there in this instance.”
Hate Crime
Those of us who opposed this bill made a good and effective argument based on rationality, logic, and an ability to persuade the public that we were correct.
Donnelly replied that “we have a good track record on free speech.”
“It is the most ridiculous piece of legislation to come before the Seanad in my time.”
Repeated insistence.
Free speech has to extend to extend even to the dumbest slogans, otherwise it is not free at all.
“We do have dedicated police officers who are scouring social media.”
Simon Harris destroys Helen McEntee’s hate speech argument
When your culture has elements within it that are evidently harmful and self-destructive, it is not the duty of the state to try and mitigate that.
Ex-footballer faces malicious communications charge