TCW | 6 Dec 2021 CAMBRIDGE University’s student newspaper Varsity is putting ‘trigger warnings’ on articles to avoid upsetting its readers. The policy meant that a story in a recent issue about the spiking of student drinks on a night out was preceded by: ‘Content note: This article contains discussion of spiking and sexual harassment.’ In another…
Daily Mail | 1 DEC 2021 EU Equality Commission issued inclusive language guide to ‘promote equality’ But Eurocrats were accused of trying to ‘cancel Christmas’ after suggesting staff say ‘holiday period’ to avoid offending non-Christians Other suggestions included saying ‘send humans to Mars’ instead of ‘colonise Mars’ and ‘synthetic fabrics’ instead of ‘man-made fabrics’ Document…
Bad Cattitude | 3 Dec 2021 We need to be people who HAVE ideas, not people who ARE their ideas … the former can change their minds and/or be pals with those who hold differing views … the latter take all disagreement as a personal attack. that is no basis for a civil society, much…
Breitbart | 15 Nov 2021 Chinese dissident and famed artist Ai Weiwei has warned the current wave of “dangerous” political correctness has more similarities with Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution than former President Donald Trump. During an interview with PBS reporter Margaret Hoover on Firing Line, Weiwei was asked to comment on an excerpt from his book, in…
Mercola | 24 Sep 2021 STORY AT-A-GLANCE We’re told to “trust the science” and “follow the science.” But what science are we supposed to follow? There’s plenty of scientific evidence refuting everything we’re told to accept as “fact,” including the claim that masks work, that lockdowns slow down the spread, that school closures protect children,…
Stuff | 9 March 2018 OPINION: It’s hard to imagine now, but censorship was a cause celebre in the 1960s and 70s. The banning or restriction of movies, books and even records was never far from the headlines. Post-war liberalism was colliding head-on with traditional morality and the official censors were struggling to draw new…
Matt Ridley | 19 Oct 2017 Politics is increasingly about motives, not results My Times column on how intentions are taken to matter more than what works: The curse of modern politics is an epidemic of good intentions and bad outcomes. Policy after policy is chosen and voted on according to whether it means well,…
NZCPR | 12 Aug 2016 “The freedom to criticise or ridicule ideas – even if they are sincerely held beliefs – is a fundamental freedom of society. In my view the right to offend is far more important than any right not to be offended… because one represents openness – and the other represents oppression.”…
The Independent | 3 Aug 2016 ‘Oh, little snowflakes, when did you all become grandmothers and society matrons, clutching your pearls in horror at someone who has an opinion about something, a way of expressing themselves that’s not the mirror image of yours?’ If you’ve been listening to Bret Easton Ellis’ excellent podcast over the…
Steve Watson |16 June 2016 The former director of the CIA and the NSA has warned that political correctness has become a significant hindrance when it comes to countering the threat of Muslim extremism. Appearing on CNN, retired Gen. Michael Hayden made the point that the national security strategy is being hindered because there is…