Tag: Compelled speech

Gaystapo Demands Tribute – Town Fined for Refusing

November 29, 2024

by Auntie Vaquser

Thankfully, this story will likely be published on Black Friday and not the day before. We wouldn’t want to give you indigestion, though that may be beyond our ability to control. It is a tale of tyrannical flavors from the Great White North, where a town was fined for refusing to “celebrate” Pride Month, eh? … Read more

The Transgender Policy JBAB Hunt: This Time, It’s Milford

August 23, 2023

by Skip

Someone asked me to look into this a bit ago – another School District believing it could override the US and NH Constitution and numerous court decisions. It’s the same problem I fought for over two years and finally won in having my School Board.

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Free Speech is the Only True Middle Ground And Everyone Should Be Defending It

May 3, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

Helen Joyce, writing at The Critic, has strung together some excellent thoughts on one of the most pressing issues of the day—women fighting for the right to speak freely in the shadow of the latest cultural-Marxist fad; trans-rights.

“Show This to the Stupid and Nutless NHGOP”

February 17, 2023February 16, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

A reader sent me a clip from a John Stossel interview with Jordan Peterson. It’s a short clip, just over six minutes, but it covers two crucial points, one of which they thought might be useful to New Hampshire’s State Republican Party.

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Merrimack High School Teacher “Expects” Students to Use Preferred Pronouns

September 9, 2022September 8, 2022

by Steve MacDonald

A ninth Grade Merrimack High School “English” teacher (SAU 26) gave students a sheet with some expectations for the class. It included contact information, supplies needed, a course description, and a section titled ‘Class Policies.’

“Kellogg’s New LGBTQ Cereal Wants to Fill Your Mouth with Pride” – And Pronouns

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

Just so we’re clear (as Vodka!), my headline is hijacked from the Weekly Metro care of Jonathon Van Maren at LifeSite News, who calls it one of the most unappetizing headlines of 2021. So, many inappropriate jokes come to mind.

The Teaching Of Critical Race Theory in Public Schools Must Be Challenged In Court

April 16, 2021

by Op-Ed

Whether or not HB544 passes or fails in New Hampshire, it is of serious importance that public officials familiarize themselves with the following information regarding the Constitutional right to Freedom of Conscience and Religion and the paths to preserving these rights for Americans in the face of CRT indoctrination.

Disturbing Notable Quote – “Seeing Half the Country Cheer THIS On.”

January 15, 2021

by Skip

The topic is the censoring of Conservative Speech even on conservative platforms (as opposed to the Big Tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter – you know, the “Mean Girls”). Disturbing – yes. Unexpected? No. Why?

When Michelle Obama Says Censor Donald Trump She Means You

January 8, 2021

by Steve MacDonald

Michelle Obama had her toned and beautiful arms in an uproar the other day. Ban Donald Trump from all social media. You don’t have to love Trump to see the problem. A former First Lady is calling for the blanket censorship of a political opponent. For what must be the thousandth time, are you listening?

Pelosi Introduces Compelled Speech in the US House of Representatives

January 8, 2021

The new House rules package uses gender-neutral pronouns and familial relationships. This is “Newspeak.” It is an effort by this totalitarian regime to limit vocabulary. Clearly they feel the need “to diminish their range of thought.” That’s what works for House Democrats.

Facebook Doodlings: LGBT Requires Coerced Speech Or Else!

November 29, 2020

by Skip

The LGBT lobby and its adherents make sure that you understand that THEY can demand how you address them. The only proper response to this in a country that has Free Speech as an underlying pillar, is “Up Yours!”

Will Democrats Rob You of Your Right to Remain Silent?

October 31, 2020

by Steve MacDonald

We’ve laid down voluminous amounts of text on free and compelled speech. We defend the former; the left demands the latter. And more recently, they demanded it at random, in public, under threat of harm. If you think that stops should they win, you’d be mistaken.

White Silence is Violence?

August 25, 2020

by Steve MacDonald

If you didn’t think the Left’s demands could not get worse, well, we warned you. Suprise would not be a word suitable to this piece. Militant protesters invaded a restaurant and started chanting, fists raised. One patron, who seemed uninterested or unwilling to participate, became a target of this mob.

The NH Media Goes to Concord to Oppose HB1157 State Compelled Speech

January 16, 2020January 16, 2020

by Steve MacDonald

Jack Flanagan’s bill to compel speech had a hearing yesterday and the New Hampshire media rose to the challenge. Jack, based on the reporting, stuck to his guns (that’s a figure of speech), but the Press had their say. HB 1157 violates the first amendment.

Proving Once Again That Journalists Are Mouthpieces for Socialists

January 9, 2020

by Skip

We Conservatives want the other side to keep talking and talking and talking – and the Left lives to silence their opponents. It is becoming clear that “journalists” are becoming the shock troops for the socialists Cancel Movement, where only the “approved” speech can be uttered.

New Hampshire Legislature Considers Bill to Compel Online Speech

December 25, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Brookline Republican Jack Flanagan has a bill with all the best of intentions. HB1157 is an Act relative to liability of New Hampshire news media for failure to update stories on criminal proceedings. What does that mean? Media could be required to update stories under penalty of law.

Elementary School Teacher’s Truth Bomb to Committee on Bill to Require LGBT Training

August 29, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

The LifeSite News headline reads, Biology is not Bigotry. A quote from a veteran elementary school teacher taking issue with a proposed law that would mandate gender sensitivity training she says violates the Constitution.

New Hampshire Technical Institute Adds Preferred Pronoun Stickers to Staff Name Badges

August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

In an email sent system-wide this week, New Hampshire Technical College (NHTI) went full spectrum. Anyone with a name badge can stop over at “Student Affairs” (is that like Ashley Madison?) and get Preferred Pronoun stickers. It’s all part of being inclusive or something.

Democrat Socialism Watch: Canadian Speech Police Threaten Arrest If Dad Refers to his Daughter as a Girl

April 29, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Europe and Canada are, in many ways, further along the spectrum of cultural identity-politics decline. It makes them a good barometer for what is coming our way. A court in Canada, for example, has “declared a father guilty of family violence for his polite refusal to refer to his daughter as a boy in private.”

Kuster and Pappas Co-Sponsor Bill That Would Erase Religious Liberty and Compel Speech

April 19, 2019

by Steve MacDonald

Democrats Ann Kuster and Chris Pappas are co-sponsors of legislation that would ease religious liberty and force private individuals to support messages contrary to their faith.