Kiwis review ‘racist’ national team nickname
New Zealand Football is looking at dropping the ‘All Whites’ nickname as part of a diversity drive.
Freedom Of Speech
Big tech gives free speech the boot
The latest salvo in the war on what we are allowed to read, see, hear and discuss is Youtube’s decision to ban Sky News Australia.
JK Rowling exposes troll’s pipe bomb threat
The author revealed the death threat to show the hate mail she has received since discussing the importance of biological sex.
The Culture Wars must go on. This is why.
The woke are angry, humourless, and, worst of all, vindictive. So praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Surrender isn’t an option.
Warning: life at university is proving no picnic
A list of ‘oppressive words and phrases’ compiled by a leading US university that questioned the use of ‘picnic’ and ‘rule of thumb’ has come under unexpected attack.
Dark Emu’s feel-good factor trumps academic rigour
The rush to acclaim Bruce Pascoe’s book as a historical text, overlooking its fundamental flaws and inaccuracies, has also involved vilifying those who question its claims.
Facebook playing with fire
When Facebook’s vice-president insists social media firms can’t police themselves he invites autocrats to do just that.
Free speech law for all push
Uni chief and constitutional law expert George Williams warns that the ‘evergrowing list of anti-speech laws’ must be stopped.
Free speech code for unis should apply nationwide
We need a statute that applies across our society to provide every person with a right of free expression.
I’m no racist, says golliwog seller
A Tasmanian store owner thrust into the latest golliwog ‘outrage’ has revealed he is Aboriginal and feels insulted by suggestions of racism made on social media.
Activist outrage as fall of Rhodes statue blocked
The decision to halt the removal of the Cecil Rhodes statue at Oxford has been condemned as ‘glorifying genocide and imperialism’.
The price of woke corporate politics
A new advertising campaign targets Nike, Coca-Cola and American Airlines.
Fighting white privilege from the Chairman’s Lounge
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has taken her battle against oppression and colonisation to the mean seats of Qantas; Plus, Disney goes Snow Woke.
Cancel mob thirsts for stolen status, not social justice
Leaders should also be aware that those behind such crusades are small in number, and most people are much more moderate than hysterical front-line activists.
UK unis forced to protect freedom of speech
Student unions will be fined if they ‘cancel’ speakers or gag academics under new legislation outlined by the Queen.
Facebook’s Trump ban is a threat to free speech
With its censorship of the former president, the social media giant is behaving increasingly like a national government.
Cancel culture turns its guns on Napoleon
President Emmanuel Macron is under pressure over how to honour the ‘sexist, racist’ figure in the Black Lives Matter era.
Dawkins loses award over ‘demeaning’ tweets
Evolutionary biologist stripped of ‘Humanist of the Year’ over remarks on transgender rights that ‘demean marginalised groups’.
Student banned for saying ‘Rule Britannia’
A university student in the UK has been kicked out for using the ‘potentially discriminatory or racist’ expression in a debate.
‘Don’t call predators pedophiles’
Tasmania’s ABC reporters have been told to ‘avoid’ referring to child sex abusers as pedophiles, to avoid marginalising them.
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