The fact that people are being murdered for who they are rather than what they did should make us realise that there is no responsibility we can exercise that will mitigate the core problem
If the story fades, the bigots can rebuild, this time on their terms, high on resentment and low on truth
Joshua Bonehill is a keyboard Fuhrer, an online agitator, but even he deserves free speech.
Do we need basic education in the potential pitfalls of online interaction?
Fundamentally, The Sun’s topless Page 3 is an example of how free speech is supposed to work.
There can be few more insulting coinages than the tedious phrase “moderate Muslim”. What does it mean? Who does it benefit?
Those who have raised their voice attempting to prevent the development of a comedy show script based on the Irish famine are simply parading their ignorance
What’s wrong with Turkey? Or, more to the point what is wrong with Turkey’s president that makes him so determined to fight, like a two a.m. drunk vowing to take on all comers?
Human beings are complicated, and a zero-tolerance approach to words and meanings is unlikely to work on us
Ask yourself: would it be better to have a society where people argued against me, or would I prefer a society where the authorities were entitled to decide what I should and should not say?
We have to stop thinking about things happening “on the internet”, when it’s simply part of human interaction for millions
As with much half-remembered Republican mythology, Gerry Adams’ quip at a US fundraiser wasn’t the whole story.