Displaying items by tag: freedom of speech
Learning History 101 (Or, the Education of Ms Claire Lehmann)
The Covid Class gets furious when freedom fighters like George Christensen and others with spine and morals compare Covid totalitarianism with Nazi Germany and similar "papers please" regimes. One recent example of the vitriol in print occurred in The Australian. The journalist involved displayed all the typical attributes of someone without a leg to stand on.
Heroes
Covid has thrown up heroes. Don't expect them to be acknowledged as such by the Covid class.
The Idiot's Guide to Discrimination
Anti discrimination has a noble history. Now there is a new form of discrimination that seems to be escaping the notice of the civil libertarians. If we are going to discriminate against Covid superspreaders, let us at least practise rational governance. Let us get our facts right.
Othering the Great Unvaccinated – a New Phase in the Blame Game
The great unvaccinated hordes are not only selfish granny killers. They (we) are trashing the economy as well. Treasury says so.
Mr Zuckerberg, You Have a Problem: the False Promise of Silicon Valley
What we now know as "Big Tech" was once a series of little techs, brave start-ups taking on the world. Not only did these entrepreneurs end up overturning the business world. They have taken over everything. And the result is far from pretty.
The Year That Was
2020 was the very worst of times. A year not to savour but to regret. What was thought inconceivable a mere twelve months ago is now real. It can never be inconceivable again. Barring a miracle or concerted political action by those who resent our loss of freedom, a dystopian future surely awaits us all.
The Hexagon of Tyranny
We are facing a six-headed monster of tyranny. Freedom is on the line, as Western, so-called democratic governments have trashed our basic human rights. How much do we know, or care?
Conspiracy Theory and Its Discontents
The charge of being a conspiracy theorist is now poison. A conversation killer. Unfortunately, many dissenters from the State's line on many issues, not just Covid, are cowed by the charge. It is a trick.
The Coming Covid Gulag
The Gulag Archipelago is coming to a Western democracy near you, very soon. Not content with closing down economies and societies, and suppressing freedom, governments and their fellow travellers are now coming for the dissidents.
A Nothingburger that Changed the World
The madness of 2020 has changed our lives forever. We owe it to ourselves to ask how, who and why?
