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Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jun 27, 2021 5:41:51 GMT 12
HATE SPEECH LAW PROPOSALS AIM TO CREATE A SAFE AND INCLUSIVE SOCIETY – BUT DISCRIMINATION IS UNLIKELY TO BE DISCOURAGED IF IT IS POSITIVE – Point of Order The government has declared its intention to make hate speech a Crimes Act offence and to increase the penalties for inciting hatred or discrimination. It has announced a public consultation on proposed changes to the Human Rights Act 1993 “… to strengthen protections against speech that incites hatred and discrimination; and seeking New Zealanders’ views about how they would make New Zealand more socially cohesive”. Writer George Orwell would have relished the language applied by Beehive spin doctors to describing the objective. The government is launching a “social cohesion programme to address incitement of hatred and discrimination”. We imagine this is not intended to discourage or eliminate discrimination of the sort that bestows favours or privileges when the government promotes an “us” and “them” society through the increasing development of Crown-Maori partnerships...... pointofordernz.wordpress.com/2021/06/25/hate-speech-law-proposals-aim-to-create-a-safe-and-inclusive-society-but-discrimination-is-unlikely-to-be-discouraged-if-it-is-positive/
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