There's more through the link, and other edifying material on various topics. You may judge how this effects Ezra's status as a free speech warrior.
Showing posts with label Free Speechitude. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Free Speechitude. Show all posts
Monday, April 04, 2016
Ezzrata: When Ezra Levant Was Young And Sue-y
Someone has posted a trove of legal documents from Ezra Levant's past, related to a libel case he brought against the University of Calgary student newspaper, back in the day. Human rights lawyer Richard Warman has posted some commentary re this case on his website. Here I'm just copping my favorite bits:
Friday, March 15, 2013
The Rules Of Engagement
Stephen Woodworth's private member's motion 312 is going nowhere, and its only a motion, not an actual bill, so it means nothing anyway. Therefore the protest at Waterloo yesterday was just students killing time. But that said, before the speechys start to howl at the way things turned out, it is worth noting the position of the campus security staff:
Although campus security was present, the pro-life organizers say they failed to take any kind of action to allow Mr. Woodworth to continue his presentation. When asked to intervene, say the organizers, security said they would not unless the protesters became violent.
Campus security said they “couldn’t do anything because [the protesters] had the right to free speech as much as Mr. Woodworth did,” explained Clarissa Luluquisin, Central Campus Coordinator of the National Campus Life Network, who attended the event.
Luluquisin said Students for Life is an approved club and they had booked the space properly.
“I asked, what if this were a lecture and the students were talking while the professor was teaching? And the officer said, no that’s a different context,” she said.
So there, speechys.
Although campus security was present, the pro-life organizers say they failed to take any kind of action to allow Mr. Woodworth to continue his presentation. When asked to intervene, say the organizers, security said they would not unless the protesters became violent.
Campus security said they “couldn’t do anything because [the protesters] had the right to free speech as much as Mr. Woodworth did,” explained Clarissa Luluquisin, Central Campus Coordinator of the National Campus Life Network, who attended the event.
Luluquisin said Students for Life is an approved club and they had booked the space properly.
“I asked, what if this were a lecture and the students were talking while the professor was teaching? And the officer said, no that’s a different context,” she said.
So there, speechys.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Sun News Network Bans Sun News Network Critics
Dear Sun News and fans of Quotes From Sun News Viewers,
My name is Dylan Hornby, and I am one of several other people who admin this Facebook page. For the past few months, I and many others have made it a hobby to comment, criticize and expose the Sun News Network (SNN) and it's most passionate supporters for their hateful and divisive statements online.
Last night, this network (that claims to fervently advocate free speech and expression) has decided to block me from commenting as well as many other left wing, and centrist critics. In lieu of these events, I have decided to let you all know why I personally try to challenge this "news" network.
First off, a little distinction. This page has always been intended against the Sun News Network, not The Toronto Sun or the other Sun papers across this country.
The Speechys can't handle the heat.
Thursday, October 06, 2011
Campaign To Repeal Section 13 of Human Rights Act Off To Blistering Start!
After nearly a week, FreeD's petition on behalf of MP Brian Storseth's Bill C-304 (to repeal the Hate Speech clause of the Canadian Human Rights Act) has gathered a whopping 19 signatures. But numbers don't tell the whole story. Galactus, Eater of Worlds, has thrown in with the Speechies. Also Marc Lemire. August company indeed.
(Note: click on image above for better view)
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
For Those Keeping Track
From David Gollob, Director of Communications, Canadian Human Rights Commission:
The Commission did not accept any complaints under section 13 in 2010.
The Commission did not accept any complaints under section 13 in 2010.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Guy Earle Loses
Guy Earle is the "comedian", and I use the term loosely, who went off on a couple of Lesbians when they had the nerve to kiss during an impromptu comedy night that he was MCing several years back. I've written extensively about the case here, and the (107 page) decision itself is here. However, if you want a hint as to why the Tribunal blew off Mr. Earle's defense, try this:
• Mr. Earle made two sets of comments from the stage at Zesty’s, to and about Ms.Pardy and her friends, and recorded above, including referring to them as “fucking cunts”, “stupid cunts”, “stupid dykes”, and “fucking dyke cunts”;
• Mr. Earle cornered Ms. Pardy and continued to physically intimidate and verbally abuse her by the bar as she returned from the washroom, including referring to her as “fucking stupid dyke, stupid fucking bitch”, and he grabbed and broke her sunglasses;
• The Zesty respondents failed to restrain Mr. Earle, protect Ms. Pardy from his verbal or physical assault, or otherwise take effective steps to remedy his treatment of her.
And believe me, there's plenty more of that in the ruling. Mr. Earle, you are not only a lousy comedian, you behaved like a thug.
An interesting bit from the ruling. As you may know, Earle has claimed that Ms. Pardy was drunk and obnoxious in the club that night, and thus he was just "slapping down" a heckler:
[83] I do not accept Mr. Miedzinski’s evidence that at first Mr. Earle was “professional” in addressing the three women as “hecklers”. As will become apparent, no other witness said that the women were heckling at that point, and none of Mr. Earle’s words in response to anything they did or said subsequently could fairly be called “professional”.
And further:
[494] Though the incident in May 2007 was relatively brief, six months later, in his YouTube interview, after the complaint was filed, Mr. Earle publicly made false and inflammatory statements about Ms. Pardy’s conduct at Zesty’s which seriously exacerbated and prolonged the effect on her of his earlier actions.
It was in this video that Earle referred to Pardy as a drunken heckler.
Update: Guy says he's taking it to the Supreme Court.
• Mr. Earle made two sets of comments from the stage at Zesty’s, to and about Ms.Pardy and her friends, and recorded above, including referring to them as “fucking cunts”, “stupid cunts”, “stupid dykes”, and “fucking dyke cunts”;
• Mr. Earle cornered Ms. Pardy and continued to physically intimidate and verbally abuse her by the bar as she returned from the washroom, including referring to her as “fucking stupid dyke, stupid fucking bitch”, and he grabbed and broke her sunglasses;
• The Zesty respondents failed to restrain Mr. Earle, protect Ms. Pardy from his verbal or physical assault, or otherwise take effective steps to remedy his treatment of her.
And believe me, there's plenty more of that in the ruling. Mr. Earle, you are not only a lousy comedian, you behaved like a thug.
An interesting bit from the ruling. As you may know, Earle has claimed that Ms. Pardy was drunk and obnoxious in the club that night, and thus he was just "slapping down" a heckler:
[83] I do not accept Mr. Miedzinski’s evidence that at first Mr. Earle was “professional” in addressing the three women as “hecklers”. As will become apparent, no other witness said that the women were heckling at that point, and none of Mr. Earle’s words in response to anything they did or said subsequently could fairly be called “professional”.
And further:
[494] Though the incident in May 2007 was relatively brief, six months later, in his YouTube interview, after the complaint was filed, Mr. Earle publicly made false and inflammatory statements about Ms. Pardy’s conduct at Zesty’s which seriously exacerbated and prolonged the effect on her of his earlier actions.
It was in this video that Earle referred to Pardy as a drunken heckler.
Update: Guy says he's taking it to the Supreme Court.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
What Free Speech Warriors Do In Their Spare Time
They pose as CHRC moles, slag off gays, greeks, women...you name it.
Here's more on the story of Marc Lemire (the guy suspected of being behind The Fairness Fairy) sockpuppeting his own wiki entry, mentioned at the ARC post above.
PS. They slag off jews too. Got a screen cap of that one.
And it looks like, whoever the Fairness Fairy is, he's been posting to StormFront frequently and recently. (Don't worry, link goes to google-search result).
Here's more on the story of Marc Lemire (the guy suspected of being behind The Fairness Fairy) sockpuppeting his own wiki entry, mentioned at the ARC post above.
PS. They slag off jews too. Got a screen cap of that one.
And it looks like, whoever the Fairness Fairy is, he's been posting to StormFront frequently and recently. (Don't worry, link goes to google-search result).
Monday, July 20, 2009
Paul Fromm Back In T.O.
From The CAFE newsletter:
BRINGING THE MESSAGE TO STUDENTS
Friday, May 29 was a warm spring afternoon in Toronto. CAFE Director Paul Fromm spoke to a receptive grade 12 English class in West Toronto on the topic of "Internet Censorship." Many of the students were genuinely shocked to learn that they did not have freedom of speech or opinion over the Internet. The teacher remarked on the near perfect attendance -- a real achievement for the speaker, given that this was the last class of the day on a sunny Friday afternoon (a good time to cut the last class and get a head start on the weekend.)
The things they're dragging into our classrooms today. A real Internet law expert, a real free speech advocate, was apparently unavailable.
The newsletter gives no clue as to which high school Fromm appeared.
h/t A.
BRINGING THE MESSAGE TO STUDENTS
Friday, May 29 was a warm spring afternoon in Toronto. CAFE Director Paul Fromm spoke to a receptive grade 12 English class in West Toronto on the topic of "Internet Censorship." Many of the students were genuinely shocked to learn that they did not have freedom of speech or opinion over the Internet. The teacher remarked on the near perfect attendance -- a real achievement for the speaker, given that this was the last class of the day on a sunny Friday afternoon (a good time to cut the last class and get a head start on the weekend.)
The things they're dragging into our classrooms today. A real Internet law expert, a real free speech advocate, was apparently unavailable.
The newsletter gives no clue as to which high school Fromm appeared.
h/t A.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Words Fail Me...
But perhaps "atomically dorky" might do it. More dorky photos here, including this one 
...of Mark Steyn lying about the size of his schlong.PS. I swear Steyn shaves with the Miami Device.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
The Ez Makes An Exception
Within Levant’s (ideological) framework, then, only public bodies (specifically, publicly-funded human rights bodies) are understood as a threat to freedom of expression. Private businesses and property owners that use their money and power to restrict speech somehow exist outside of Levant’s analysis and beyond his commitment to free speech. (As does the public system of laws and courts that enforces private property rights at the expense of free expression.)
He's definitely pro-frivolous lawsuit.
He's definitely pro-frivolous lawsuit.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Local Free Speecher Living La Vida Loca
Here's local Free-Speech activist Richard Martin in the process of lobbying a fire-bomb, most probably at the "Russian Stuff and More" shop on Oakwood Avenue (Don't worry: the police and store owner have been notified.). Like many of the speechy elite, Mr. Martin is a member of Paul Fromm's "Canadian Free Speech Group" Facebook group. Apparently, Mr. Martin is apparently Calgary bound. Going where its freest, I suppose. (See, Mr. Steyn, they do come out of their basements!)
And this vaguely reminds me of an episode in my own youth, when a couple of friends attempted to rob a pharmacy and brought a kodak along to record their exploits. Of course they fled in panic when the police arrived, 
leaving behind the camera and several pictures of them pouring pills over one anothers' heads. Kids are still stupid, I guess.
leaving behind the camera and several pictures of them pouring pills over one anothers' heads. Kids are still stupid, I guess. h/t AntiRacist Canada, who might actually have helped catch a crook.
Friday, January 23, 2009
FreeD's Defense: Heez Igrant, But So Iz Whee!
Mark and Connie are, of course, trying to protect the 8 pseuds caught up in Warman's law-suit against FreeD (these 8 "John Does" apparently fight for Freedom by defaming people anonymously, by the way). M&C are refusing to turn over sign-up and forum posting details that might lead to the 8's identification. Warman is trying to compel them via a court motion. M&C argue:
One of the notable aspects of Richard Warman's motion was its obvious lack of technical expertise. In a nutshell, they don't know what they are talking about. They don't understand the software, they don't understand what information is captured and stored and they don't have a clue about what IP addresses actually are.
[...]
Second, what little data we do have, IP’s from the posts in question, is quite literally useless because the website’s clock has been wrong for years and we have never been able to figure out how to fix it.
Think about that a moment.
Also, though we all know, or should know, the difficulties inherent in tying an IP address to a particular forum participant, this post makes clear that Connie and Mark could collect such information if they chose. For example, when I tricked Padraigh (one of the anonymous 8) into commenting several weeks ago, his IP became available for the harvesting by the forum administrator. Apparently, this was not done. On the other hand, they didn't have any trouble finding (and bandying about) my IP address way back when...
Most if not all common bulletin board systems have the ability to store IP addresses and match them to user-names. Certainly phpBB, the one FreeD is using, does. In fact, I would suspect that all the IPS employed by all the FreeD pseuds are sitting in the data-base.
One of the notable aspects of Richard Warman's motion was its obvious lack of technical expertise. In a nutshell, they don't know what they are talking about. They don't understand the software, they don't understand what information is captured and stored and they don't have a clue about what IP addresses actually are.
[...]
Second, what little data we do have, IP’s from the posts in question, is quite literally useless because the website’s clock has been wrong for years and we have never been able to figure out how to fix it.
Think about that a moment.
Also, though we all know, or should know, the difficulties inherent in tying an IP address to a particular forum participant, this post makes clear that Connie and Mark could collect such information if they chose. For example, when I tricked Padraigh (one of the anonymous 8) into commenting several weeks ago, his IP became available for the harvesting by the forum administrator. Apparently, this was not done. On the other hand, they didn't have any trouble finding (and bandying about) my IP address way back when...
Most if not all common bulletin board systems have the ability to store IP addresses and match them to user-names. Certainly phpBB, the one FreeD is using, does. In fact, I would suspect that all the IPS employed by all the FreeD pseuds are sitting in the data-base.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Curse Them In Their Hunger And Infirmity!
One of those comments that appear on FreeD that you kind of hope is ironic but know is probably not.
Friday, January 09, 2009
BETRAYED! Final Notes On The Speechy Conflict
Lets wander the blogosphere, shall we? and sample the various flavours of disappointment from the Speechy Tribe re Harper's decision to do nothing about the CHRC and Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act.
First, to Rob Breakenridge:
I suppose there's some political calculation here on Harper's part, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is.
Simple, Rob. The Speechy uprising was led by a combination of Neo-Nazis, Mark Steyn, journalists, Ezra Levant, and professional scribblers like Margaret Atwood. Harper took note and decided that, politically speaking, this was a coalition of luzers. If you took a poll that ranked the "respectability" of public figures and certain professions in Canadian society, none of the people on this list would have finished above grave-robbers and fungus.
Meanwhile, Jay Currie is working on plan B:
...20-30 hard right/libertarian candidates running in marginal CPC seats with the sole objective of denying those seats to the CPC.
Whoo hoo! Another political party to fight over votes with the Western Concepters, The Christian Heritage people, The Freedom Party, the Super Duper Freedom Party, the Libertarians, the Libertaranians, and Hellyer's Exo-Politics movement (who feel the government needs to come clean on aliens among us).
Jay's got an idea where this would all lead:
I can live with Iggy as PM.
Yeah, nice thought kid, but wake up, you're battling over a total of 23 votes Canada-wide. You won't be denying nobody nothing.
Chris Selley bemoans the incivility of it all:
Sooner than delight in having reached near-consensus on point one, propose changes, and pursue a rational dialogue on the next two points, certain high-profile members of the Canadian commentariat almost instantly started calling each other Nazis and fascists. It was, in far too many cases, the intellectual equivalent of a foodfight at a middle school cafeteria. Now the combatants are all covered in mustard and whipped cream, and nobody's any further ahead. I hope they had fun, at least.
Yeah but I for one never called anyone a Nazi who wasn't a literal, dyed-in-the-wool Nazi. The fact is, Speechy warriors found it impossible to make any kind of argument against Section 13 without regurgitating filth straight off Canada's premier white supremacist websites. In the case of the "hacked wifi" controversy, Selley's own newspaper was willing to report as truth "information" from an American Neo-Nazi who did time for attempting, with the help of a number of Canadian-based white supremacists, to launch an invasion of Dominica. Ask Jonathon Kay and the NP legal team where that kind of shit landed you guys, Chris.
On yeah, and your side lost the food fight. So Nyahh, nyahh, freaking nyahh!
Kathy Shaidle says she will hate as she pleases, no matter what the law says. Ah well, we all need a hobby.
Mark Steyn appears to still be formulating his response. But here's a tip, Mark. If I see you in a Canadian publication ever again, I've already got my HRC complaint form handy, and a couple QCC forms from Heritage Canada. Tell Kenneth Whyte, if you surface in Macleans one more time, I'm coming for his government stamps.
I'm also taking my campaign against you South, as I try to convince your American publishers that your English accent is totally fake.
Ezra Levant is spinning madly, quite madly, so madly that he has forgotten to ask for donations. That's how you can tell he's upset.
And here's a you-tube clip of me doing a victory dance. Warning! It contains semi-nudity and fatness! But that's what you come here for, isn't it?
First, to Rob Breakenridge:
I suppose there's some political calculation here on Harper's part, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is.
Simple, Rob. The Speechy uprising was led by a combination of Neo-Nazis, Mark Steyn, journalists, Ezra Levant, and professional scribblers like Margaret Atwood. Harper took note and decided that, politically speaking, this was a coalition of luzers. If you took a poll that ranked the "respectability" of public figures and certain professions in Canadian society, none of the people on this list would have finished above grave-robbers and fungus.
Meanwhile, Jay Currie is working on plan B:
...20-30 hard right/libertarian candidates running in marginal CPC seats with the sole objective of denying those seats to the CPC.
Whoo hoo! Another political party to fight over votes with the Western Concepters, The Christian Heritage people, The Freedom Party, the Super Duper Freedom Party, the Libertarians, the Libertaranians, and Hellyer's Exo-Politics movement (who feel the government needs to come clean on aliens among us).
Jay's got an idea where this would all lead:
I can live with Iggy as PM.
Yeah, nice thought kid, but wake up, you're battling over a total of 23 votes Canada-wide. You won't be denying nobody nothing.
Chris Selley bemoans the incivility of it all:
Sooner than delight in having reached near-consensus on point one, propose changes, and pursue a rational dialogue on the next two points, certain high-profile members of the Canadian commentariat almost instantly started calling each other Nazis and fascists. It was, in far too many cases, the intellectual equivalent of a foodfight at a middle school cafeteria. Now the combatants are all covered in mustard and whipped cream, and nobody's any further ahead. I hope they had fun, at least.
Yeah but I for one never called anyone a Nazi who wasn't a literal, dyed-in-the-wool Nazi. The fact is, Speechy warriors found it impossible to make any kind of argument against Section 13 without regurgitating filth straight off Canada's premier white supremacist websites. In the case of the "hacked wifi" controversy, Selley's own newspaper was willing to report as truth "information" from an American Neo-Nazi who did time for attempting, with the help of a number of Canadian-based white supremacists, to launch an invasion of Dominica. Ask Jonathon Kay and the NP legal team where that kind of shit landed you guys, Chris.
On yeah, and your side lost the food fight. So Nyahh, nyahh, freaking nyahh!
Kathy Shaidle says she will hate as she pleases, no matter what the law says. Ah well, we all need a hobby.
Mark Steyn appears to still be formulating his response. But here's a tip, Mark. If I see you in a Canadian publication ever again, I've already got my HRC complaint form handy, and a couple QCC forms from Heritage Canada. Tell Kenneth Whyte, if you surface in Macleans one more time, I'm coming for his government stamps.
I'm also taking my campaign against you South, as I try to convince your American publishers that your English accent is totally fake.
Ezra Levant is spinning madly, quite madly, so madly that he has forgotten to ask for donations. That's how you can tell he's upset.
And here's a you-tube clip of me doing a victory dance. Warning! It contains semi-nudity and fatness! But that's what you come here for, isn't it?
Thursday, January 08, 2009
Speechy War Officially Over. Speechys Lose
Stephen Harper "has no plans" to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to prevent unwarranted interferences in free expression by human rights commissions.
...which explains maybe why Ezra has gone off his exclusive HRC diet the last couple of weeks. He sees a revenue stream drying up.
...which explains maybe why Ezra has gone off his exclusive HRC diet the last couple of weeks. He sees a revenue stream drying up.
Friday, December 12, 2008
News Release To Nowhere
Ezra's latest Canada News Wire effort gets as much coverage as his previous. Which is to say: doodley squat.
Another $500 down the tubes. So keep those pay-pal donations coming!
Another $500 down the tubes. So keep those pay-pal donations coming!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Michael Coren Exercises His Free Speechydom
Coren: May I ask you a question? What do you teach?
Caller: Why is that relevant?
Coren: I’m asking you the question … it’s just courtesy … what do you teach?
Caller: I teach … um … health, science course
Coren: OK … I just got the impression … I’m not trying to be rude … but maybe English wasn’t your first language.
Caller: No … it’s not … but why is that relevant?
Coren: Because I think your English should be fluent if you’re teaching kids in the English language.
Yeah, Michael, and baldy headed pricks with fake English accents shouldn't be on the radio either.
h/t trssastt.
Caller: Why is that relevant?
Coren: I’m asking you the question … it’s just courtesy … what do you teach?
Caller: I teach … um … health, science course
Coren: OK … I just got the impression … I’m not trying to be rude … but maybe English wasn’t your first language.
Caller: No … it’s not … but why is that relevant?
Coren: Because I think your English should be fluent if you’re teaching kids in the English language.
Yeah, Michael, and baldy headed pricks with fake English accents shouldn't be on the radio either.
h/t trssastt.
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