Fascinating.
Not sure what that means for hate speech and how we as a group then choose to move forward. I supported the NSW anti-vilification laws which are a form of limitation of free speech and would do so again although I would fight harder for the clause to be ‘vilification on the basis of sexuality’ rather than ‘vilification on the basis of homosexuality’. Ditto ethnicity versus membership of an ethnic minority.
This is one of the reasons why I am more interested in concepts of anarcho-syndicalism, which to me try to balance the needs of the group with the needs of the individual, than liberal democracies, which trumpet the rights of the individual over all things. And why I sometimes clash with purist anarchists who don’t want to have consultative processes but prefer to operate solo.
Anyhow, thanks to Creed O’Hanlon for the heads-up and while we’re at it, put July 6 in your diary as the date that Hazel Dooney’s art exhibition opens at MARS, with photography and video by Creed.