Free To Speak
Free to Speak is the New Zealand podcast that goes beyond headlines to explore the principles behind our most contentious debates.
Produced by the New Zealand Free Speech Union, it examines freedom of expression and why it matters to a free and democratic society.
Expect interviews with guests from New Zealand and around the world, plus deep dives with our Council into the cases and policy work shaping free speech today.
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Why the Working Class Rejected Hate Speech Laws
Free Speech Union member Daphna Whitmore and council member Dane Giraud discuss the Curia poll featured in a Herald recent piece from Left-wing commentator Bryce Edwards that found lower-socio-economic communities stood against the government's Hate Speech laws. Why is this? Weren't such laws supposedly sought by vulnerable, multicultural communities? Dane and Daphna (both South Aucklanders) discuss the myriad reasons why the working class has always rejected state censorship, and the team recaps their thoughts on the recent Free Speech Union AGM. The link to Bryce's piece is below...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/bryce-edwards-why-labour-government-capitulated-on-hate-speech-laws/RGKOXGGXGBA5NN7QYGIK4SMWDU/
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