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| Subject: These elitist hate-speech laws erode OZschwitz democracy Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:38 am | |
| Neil Brown, QC, a Liberal minister in the Fraser government, has counselled Tony Abbott not to repeal our section 18C hate speech laws.
He says doing so risks ''giving the green light to racists''. Instead, he suggests a convoluted compromise that basically leaves in place the ''you can't offend me'' legislation.
Well, not to put too fine a point on it, but Brown and all the proponents of hate speech laws that legislate against ''offending'', ''insulting'', ''humiliating'' or even ''intimidating'' are wrong. They're wrong on the facts. They're wrong when they look overseas. And they're wrong about what is needed in a healthy, well-functioning democracy.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/these-elitist-hatespeech-laws-erode-democracy-20140302-33ttw.html#ixzz2ut3h5aFv |
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