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Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - Lilith7 - 19-12-2024
Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/537143/government-to-change-free-speech-rules-for-universities
RE: Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - harm_less - 19-12-2024
(19-12-2024, 02:30 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....Just more evidence of Seymour's totalitarian ideals, and the lack of leadership coming from gutless Luxon.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/537143/government-to-change-free-speech-rules-for-universities
RE: Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - king1 - 19-12-2024
Quote:"Despite being required by the Education Act and the Bill of Rights Act to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression, there is a growing trend of universities deplatforming speakers and cancelling events where they might be perceived as controversial or offensive.
and that would be because there is a growing trend of absolute nutjobs having a platform, and influencing those with less ability to discern nutjobs, in their nutjob ways.
It is not a universities role to provide a platform for nutjobs and their nutjob ways...
RE: Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - zqwerty - 19-12-2024
Bad things are happening in NZ.
RE: Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - Oh_hunnihunni - 20-12-2024
(19-12-2024, 03:23 PM)king1 Wrote:Quote:"Despite being required by the Education Act and the Bill of Rights Act to uphold academic freedom and freedom of expression, there is a growing trend of universities deplatforming speakers and cancelling events where they might be perceived as controversial or offensive.
and that would be because there is a growing trend of absolute nutjobs having a platform, and influencing those with less ability to discern nutjobs, in their nutjob ways.
It is not a universities role to provide a platform for nutjobs and their nutjob ways...
Considering most of these speaker events then require the university to provide extra security, which takes money, I can see the reasoning behind a bit of judicious discrimination when it comes to who gets to use university facilities for dubious purposes.
RE: Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - zqwerty - 20-12-2024
It's as if we are attempting a kiwi version of the Trump fiasco currently getting underway.
RE: Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - Lilith7 - 20-12-2024
(19-12-2024, 02:46 PM)harm_less Wrote:(19-12-2024, 02:30 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....Just more evidence of Seymour's totalitarian ideals, and the lack of leadership coming from gutless Luxon.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/537143/government-to-change-free-speech-rules-for-universities
And that devious little git will be deputy PM soon....
Never thought I'd be keen on Winnie continuing as deputy PM, but when you consider the alternative he does tend to look absolutely brilliant.
RE: Coalition to change free spech laws for universities - C_T_Russell - 22-12-2024
(19-12-2024, 02:46 PM)harm_less Wrote:So let me get this straight, you think that permitting free speech is totalitarian?(19-12-2024, 02:30 PM)Lilith7 Wrote: Interesting move from a coalition claiming to be anti regualtion....Just more evidence of Seymour's totalitarian ideals, and the lack of leadership coming from gutless Luxon.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/537143/government-to-change-free-speech-rules-for-universities
The whole point of university is to share everyone's ideas, debate them and put them to the test, and learn critical thinking skills.
If you are only allowed to share one particular view, then it becomes a religion.
(19-12-2024, 04:10 PM)zqwerty Wrote: Bad things are happening in NZ.
Good Bad things are happening in NZ.