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The paradox of cancel culture: A feature of free expression or a threat to it? - Biznews
It used to be that heretics, witches, and others who dissented from the orthodoxy of public opinion were executed. Later, they were ‘merely’ imprisoned. Today, ...
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Taboo debate: For better or worse after Apartheid? – Andrew Kenny - Biznews
Who spoke these words (very loudly) and on what occasion? “South Africa, as a country, was more functional during apartheid than it currently is … Love or hate ...
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Musk and our twittering ADHD – Paddi Clay - Biznews
10 May 2022 - What fun and excitement we denizens of Twitter have been having with the richest man in the world buying the social media platform that many, ...
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Nathi Mthethwa’s BLM comments a flagrant disregard of constitutional freedoms – IRR
21 August 2020 - Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa’s comments about the choice of eight South African rugby players not to “take the knee” ...
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No cause to fire teacher over political views - Newsi
11 June 2021 - It was probably bound to happen. The consequences of the latest round of the Israel-Gaza conflict (or whatever name one chooses to assign it) ...
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Some neat rejoinders to the modern-day McCarthyism of the Left - Politicsweb
7 September 2020 - How about that? Several media outlets are outraged at the announcement last month by Facebook that it will remove “dangerous” material put ...
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Twittering about accountability – Vegter takes on The Left - Biznews
19 April 2022 - Elon Musk’s hostile takeover bid for social network Twitter has respectable left-wing professors clutching their pearls.
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Cambridge University correctly roots free speech in ‘tolerance’ instead of ‘respect’ - Businesslive
14 December 2020 - Some claiming to love freedom may balk at celebrating Cambridge University’s resounding vote to ditch the idea of “respect” for people and ...
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Checked speech is the fundamental tool of unchecked power - Businesslive
15 May 2022 - Among the most wrong-headed observations of recent times is the jarring misstatement in a tweet by the Johannesburg bureau chief of The New York ...
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Exchanging views on difficult topics is not easy but far preferable to exchanging rocket fire - Businesslive
24 May 2021 - Relying on pet aphorisms can lead to lazy mental habits, but over the years I’ve found a few that have proved more dependable than most.
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