The hate speech justification

On Patreon I write about hate speech being used to justify Charlie Kirk’s murder, but also being used to justify the state targeting people who said hateful things about Kirk’s murder, especially US Attorney General Pam Bondi declaring hate speech is not free speech and vowing to target people who say what she deems is hateful. I also cover the Jimmy Kimmel sacking (basically right decision for wrong reasons).

I conclude mentioning:

One of the projects I have on the back burner was to set up an organisation that would hold regular conferences where participants could debate highly controversial issues in a measured way. My plan was to ask all living former Prime Ministers to be co-patrons of it, and for its purpose to be to demonstrate that political differences between New Zealanders should be debated and discussed, not shouted down.

It might be time for me to start looking for some sugar daddies or mummies who would be happy to fund it!