Michael Schellenberger

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The Free Speech Union
@SpeechUnion
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5d
At Glastonbury last weekend, punk rap duo Bob Vylan led the crowd in chanting “Death, death to the IDF”, a provocative, politically charged slogan directed at Israel’s army. The performance was broadcast live by the BBC and has since prompted calls for the rappers’ arrest, with
6/30/2025, 8:20:04 PM
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Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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It should go without saying but apparently it doesn’t: haters like that rapper should be free to say hateful things, including and especially in the United States. It makes America look weak denying visas on the basis of things people say, or sing, even if the courts rule it
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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BBC has been positively obsessed with portraying pro-censorship advocates as victims, and demanding more censorship for various reasons. Hatred is part of the human condition. The only solution to it is free speech, not censorship.
Michael Shellenberger
@shellenberger
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The BBC has spent the last two years demanding greater censorship by social media platforms of “hate speech.” Then, on Sunday, BBC broadcast a rapper who not only promoted hatred, he called for death. No doubt @mariannaspring will be demanding government censorship of BBC.

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