Freedom of (hate) speech
While the outrage at racist speech, exemplified by the recent cases of dos Santos and Tshidi, is appropriate and justified, we shouldn’t forgot that legal censure is only one option for dealing with hateful speech – and that it might not be our best option.
Icasa’s poor reasons for TopTV decision
ICASA’s reasons for refusing On Digital Media permission to add three pornography channels to their bouquet are not reasons at all, but are instead normative moral claims dressed up as argument.
The South African Charter on Religious Rights and Freedoms
The proposed Charter on Religious Rights and Freedoms goes further than simply protecting religious views from persecution. Instead, it privileges them, thus compromising the freedom of the non-religious.
The privilege in not finding things offensive
A recent complaint to the ASA regarding a River’s Church billboard undermines arguments against the censure of potentially offensive speech. But are those arguments weakened in general through the privileged position they emerge from?
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