Drawing the line on hate

We have to distinguish between free speech and hate speech. Free speech must be permitted and encouraged. Hate speech must be prevented, and punished.

What separates the two is not always clear, and the boundary likely will be different as defined by neo-Nazis, versus by those on the political left. Racist views become hate speech when the racist views advocate violence. Winston Churchill said famously “the Aryan stock is bound to triumph,” but Churchill never advocated violence to achieve his triumph.

Neo-Nazis can probably never be permanently eradicated but they can be stopped, not by denying them free speech but by permitting their free speech so that we can challenge them in open debate, to expose their repugnant beliefs. Canada is losing its democracy to the socialist left, who prefer autocratic rule. Autocrats and dictators do not want the public to think, they want them to follow the government’s mantra like sheep. The flock is growing at Laurier University. This university seems to want to only support one train of thought — left wing socialism. Give the teacher what they want to hear and you will pass — what kind of “intellectual development” is that? Anyone who attends Laurier must seriously question their choice of university.

I call on all employers to avoid hiring Laurier graduates as they probably can’t think their way out of a paper bag because they have never been asked to think (probably a good source of “Yes people” for management).

Canadians need to fight back to maintain the right to freedom of speech in universities and in public.