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6-25-26 Ep 203 Hate speeech slayed

Morning Update: Hate Speech Slayed?

Today, on the Morning Update, SB464 just became law, and it has quietly amended New Hampshire’s civil rights law to protect Free Speech (IMO) from spurious hate-speech and hate-crime prosecutions by the AG and whoever else might think to leverage imagined victimhood to suppress protected expression. 00:00 Pretending at Hate Speech and Hate Crime01:15 Civil … Read more

6-1-26 Morning Update EP 185 Truth is crime

Morning Update: The Truth Is a Crime

Today, on the Morning Update, this ‘Western” nation has removed the mask on fake hate speech laws. The goal is not just to control words, speech, and thought. It is to criminalize it, even when it is the truth. 00:00 The Concept of Hate Speech01:28 The Political Agenda Behind Hate Speech Watch on the ‘Grok … Read more

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MACDONALD: Bridging The Divide Is Harder Than You Think

I am skeptical when, given the current political climate and recent history, anything calling itself a safe space where both sides can find common ground pops up from the trenches. Political operatives like to craft them to persuade otherwise well-meaning moderates to the left and to give progressives who join cover. Oh, look, so-and-so is … Read more

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MACDONALD: Hate Speech Creep

You can hardly throw a virtual rock around the internet these days without hitting a story about how the British Empire is advancing fascist and draconian anti-speech rules and laws. The UK puts more people in prison for online speech than countries like China and North Korea (subject to the notion that we actually get … Read more

Sonia Sotomayor

MACDONALD: Sotomayor Was Never Bad On Free Speech

The sort-of, kind-of fallout has begun to settle from AG Pam Bondi’s remarks about prosecuting hate speech. It’s been a few days, an interminable amount of internet time, and other mausements are bound to distract. No one’s talking about the war in Ukraine, for example, so if Bondi can manage not to attract attention, the … Read more

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MACDONALD: The Hate Speech Problem

Attorney General Pam Bondi has had a few missteps as the nation’s top cop, but that’s to be expected. It’s a big stage, a big job, and given how the Trump Administration is taking on the largest pruning of the Federal Kudzu beast ever attempted, there are lots of legal things that would find their … Read more

Make Speech Free Again

Opinion: Why We Should Hate Hate Speech Laws

In many countries, though not in most parts of the United States, laws prohibit “hate speech.” Those who, in Jeremy Waldron’s opinion, uncritically elevate the benefits of free speech over competing values oppose hate-speech laws; but Waldron thinks that a strong case can be made in their favor. (Waldron thinks that there are “very few … Read more

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The UK Threatens Americans

I’m not inclined to travel these days. I don’t like the BCS at TSA. I don’t have the proper “documents.” I confess to being a bit put out by the impact of DEI on the design, assembly, flight, and air traffic control. And I admit to some lingering concern over their response to COVID-19. It … Read more

John Formella

Is NH’s AG Chasing Another Bogus Civil Rights Case?

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella might be a great guy to watch the game with or drink a beer. Maybe he plays an instrument (wasn’t everyone in New England in a garage band at least once?). Decent singing voice? Donates to puppy rescue shelters? Hands out sandwiches at homeless camps. I have no clue, … Read more

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The State’s War Against Hate

In Against the State, Lew Rockwell explains how the constant expansion of state power is often justified as a necessary means of achieving the dreams and visions of voters. In its relentless pursuit of power, the state has a strong incentive to focus on the problems that are likely to resonate most deeply with voters and, … Read more

No Hate

‘Hate Speech’ Means they Hate … Speech

There is speech that is hateful, but the people who want to use that idea to silence other opinions hate speech. Intransitive Verb: ‘ To feel a strong dislike for or hostility toward.’ The laws they want or pass are about hating speech, not hateful speech. Free speech is what they hate.

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What Responsibility Does NHPR Bear For The Nashville School Shooting?

NHPR’s Todd Bookman recently wrote an article claiming that LGBTQ people are in danger of being attacked by “hate groups,” and that some have begun arming themselves, and training, in response to this alleged threat. Here is the headline: From the article: Every member of the group has a different story about how they arrived … Read more

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