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Harvard's Steven Pinker calls Canada's Human Rights Commissions "an atrocity"
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He told the Western
Standard:
I was aware of the Steyn/Maclean's case.
It’s truly shocking that a supposedly democratic government has arrogated to itself the power to censor speech because
some judge or bureaucrat thinks it may “expose a person to contempt.”
This could outlaw any criticism of a practice that is statistically more common in some groups than others, such as
slavery, polygamy, child abuse, ritual torture, gay-bashing, and so ...
Words and Rules
The Corner on National Review Online —
... was asked about my recent travails with Canada's hydra-headed "human rights" monster and gave a splendidly straightforward response : I was aware of the Steyn/Maclean's case. It s truly shocking that a supposedly democratic government has arrogated to itself the power to censor speech because some judge or bureaucrat thinks it may expose a person to contempt. This could outlaw any criticism of a practice that is statistically more common in some groups than others, such as slavery, polygamy, child abuse, ritual torture, gay-bashing, and so on. It allows haters to decide who ...
