‘The New Zealand leg of Lauren Southern and Stefan Molyneux’s speaking tour has been denied the use of an Auckland Council auditorium, the city’s red-raggin’ mayor admiring his media profile while thundering about ‘hate speech’. This same parish-pump potentate raises no objection to Hezbollah.
….Where was his aversion to bona fide extremism when he allowed a pro-Hezbollah demonstration on a council site last month? Where was it when Fidel Castro was patting him on the back? Where was it when he met and literally held hands with infamous terrorist leader Yasser Arafat? So much for the hard line against anyone accused of “stirring up ethnic or religious tensions”. He’s even been accused of flying the Viet Cong (communist) flag from the Auckland cenotaph back in the day. No one violated his free speech rights when he threw paint and spat at veterans returning from Vietnam.
He insists, “The right to free speech does not mean the right to be provided with an @AklCouncil platform for that speech.”
Yes it does. It absolutely does. So does the New Zealand Human Rights Act which protects against discrimination based on political views.’
via Quadrant
Meanwhile, pardon me while I vomit:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12088430
“…partially funded by Auckland Council”
How the hell does a statue get funded by a Council when it has nothing to do with the running of the city?
Anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller?
I’m surprised that the tour organisers thought the Council would play fair and grant use of the facilities. Not surprised at all that they made this move.
Got my ticket for the Perth event btw. But back to news about local government BS.
‘VINCENT council will force all events that get council funding or sponsorship to hold Aboriginal welcome to country or acknowledgement of country ceremonies, and provide opportunities to fly the Aboriginal flag.’
https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/2018/07/12/vincent-ties-grants-to-aboriginal-protocols/
‘Force’? Is the reporter implying that even in WA’s own Latte Central there are people who won’t embrace all-in virtue signalling?
We can only hope!
Someone here tried similar once with “Native Americans” only problem was which ones?There were only about 60 odd tribes that could reliably be called “Indians”
Sounds familiar. The indigenous have a way of being ‘indigenous’ until whitefella money is involved. At which point they quickly become tribes and/or families and demand that everything goes to them.
Progressives NEVER play fair. They don’t want to play fair they want to win always. That’s why progressives are not social animals and don’t have friends. They are dictatorial and everyone is the enemy. They will ALWAYS stab you in the back when you are no longer needed. Transgenders, gays, lesbiennes, etc and other minorities should be warned because progressives hate Free people.
Jordan Peterson Rats and Morality
https://youtu.be/FqTZCU_ViHg
Peter Strzok struck me as emblematic of all Prog councils now that they are seated and feel privileged to de-platform whom they wish. Small. Juvenile. Endangered.
His creepy smile will linger long in the memory.
He seemed to think that all he did was perfectly fine because Trump was loathsome. He never questioned his opinion, always assuming he was absolutely correct and any measure was justifiable.
That’s called the- “child molester getting away with it smile”
To which I say please end up within arms reach,please
This is rule by whim and not by law.
This is where the “Progressive” movement has always intended to go. Regressive to the arbitrary perogatives of a ruling class.
Whatever happened to elected representatives seeing that law is adhered with equal treatment to all?
What has happened all over the West? Looks like they’ve been bought off with Middle Eastern oil money by sheiks who are insisting the West accept their terrorists without question or rationality and screw patriotism.
ENOUGH!
Or Russia,like Trump mentioned this week when he he read NATO the riot act.How can Germany and Merkel claim to be independent and capable of monting a defense against possible Russian agression,when they get 70+% of their oil and natural gas from Russia?
They don’t feel the need to explain themselves to their subjects. Don’t feel the need….
This whole incident could bite Goff on the backside at the next mayoral election — if Aucklanders have long-enough memories, that is.
Well, he now wants a toilet tax, so maybe people will get fed up with him.
And there is your anti-Goff campaign slogan-“Flush Goff”
I’m laughing, yeah that’s perfect.