www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2023/03/30/jennifer-aniston-theres-a-whole-generation-of-kids-who-find-friends-offensive/

"you have to be very careful, which makes it really hard for comedians, because the beauty of comedy is that we make fun of ourselves"

Authoritarians are trying to slip the Hate Speech Bill through under your noses!

Call your local TD now and urge them to reject this undemocratic legislation.

Contact details can be found on http://Oireachtas.ie

Sign the petition 👉https://t.co/OYq1iaru6k

Statement on 'Let Woman Speak' Rally tomorrow in Belfast organised by Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull

freespeechireland.ie/posie-parker-belfast

Removing Free Speech will not protect society's most vulnerable from physical harm

This is an attempt to emotionally manipulate the public into handing over their right to speech

Pic:
An excerpt from an article poster in the Examiner yesterday titled
‘Their deaths woke no one up’: LGBT+ community speaks out a year on since the Sligo killings

The Hate Speech Bill will be debated later this afternoon, the final Dáil stage before it goes to the Seanad.

The Bill has been rushed through without proper media attention or scrutiny.

https://www.oireachtas.ie/

Of the 4 TD's present to debate the final stage of the Hate Speech Bill, there is 1 government TD. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/oireachtas-tv/dail-eireann-live/

Legislating for "the creation of a thought crime."

Congratulations to Paul Murphy TD
for this outstanding defence of Free Speech today in Dáil Éireann.

We need more opposition TDs to stand up the dystopian repercussions of this Hate Speech bill.

Breitbart coverage of the Hate Speech Bill:

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2023/04/30/elon-musk-euro-hate-speech-laws-are-a-massive-attack-against-freedom-of-speech

Irish Business Post coverage of Hate Speech Bill:

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/elon-musk-says-dail-vote-on-hate-crime-bill-a-massive-attack-on-freedom-of-speech/

“You might vehemently disagree with them, but the ability to hear them and understand them is a central underpinning of a university education. And a central underpinning ultimately of a mature society and democracy.”

- Prof Orla Feely, President, University College Dublin

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2023/05/01/students-must-hear-alternative-views-which-they-disagree-with-new-ucd-president-says

"Public consultation on the bill received 4,000 responses"...

We see this line repeated by a few media outlets re the Hate Speech Bill. Yet they neglect to mention nearly all responses were negative.

The gov consulted the public, but then ignored them.

GRIPT EXCLUSIVE: The Irish government is driving ahead with the proposed hate speech bill, even after more than 73% of responses to their public consultation expressed negative views about the idea.

#gript

https://gript.ie/hate-speech-consultation-received-mostly-negative-responses/

“The wrongful suppression of people’s natural right to engage in the exchange of ideas”

- Senator Ronan Mullen
today in Seanad Éireann on the Irish Hate Speech Bill.

Large foreign media outlets now covering the Hate Speech Bill.

Significantly, @euronews has quoted @ICCLtweet
as being concerned about this legislation and supporting an amendment to excise Section 10 (possession of "hateful material").

https://t.co/Dkj6W7qJhp

We are nearly at 2,500 signatures on the Petition Against Hate Speech Laws.

Please sign and share where you can!

https://www.change.org/p/ireland-says-no-to-hate-speech-laws

Biggest paper in the UK condemns Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. for authoritarian Hate Speech Legislation.

https://t.co/ZvE7OSNDHk

A Free Speech Ireland spokesperson joined The Jist for a deep dive on the Hate Speech Bill and it's historical context

https://youtu.be/ppU49oMJAUY

“We live at a time where there is [an] increasing danger of cancels culture […] There’s a very real desire among people in power – and not just in Ireland – to interfere with people’s natural and legitimate freedom to express ideas.”

#gript

https://gript.ie/watch-a-desire-to-interfere-with-freedom-senator-blasts-hate-speech-legislation/