Why the Working Class Rejected Hate Speech Laws

Free Speech Union's Podcast

Free Speech Union member Daphna Whitmore and council member Dane Giraud discuss the Curia poll featured in a Herald recent piece from Left-wing commentator Bryce Edwards that found lower-socio-economic communities stood against the government's Hate Speech laws. Why is this? Weren't such laws supposedly sought by vulnerable, multicultural communities? Dane and Daphna (both South Aucklanders) discuss the myriad reasons why the working class has always rejected state censorship, and the team recaps their thoughts on the recent Free Speech Union AGM. The link to Bryce's piece is below...
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/bryce-edwards-why-labour-government-capitulated-on-hate-speech-laws/RGKOXGGXGBA5NN7QYGIK4SMWDU/

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