The really bad thing is that the Liberal party has joined the bullying Left in trying to bully dissenters against their politically correct cowardice into silence; the latest example being the banning an American anti-abortionist. With the Left-leaning Turnbull in charge, the protection of freedom of speech in Australia is in grave peril.

An article by a lightweight signifying self-promotion.

Lighweight case in point where author says:

"At this point we should dispense with a few misconceptions. Troy Newman has never advocated violence against abortionists. Rather, he has said that abortion is murder and that murderers should be subject to capital punishment. Extreme? Perhaps."

Would the author be so flippant if he were labelled one of a group of "murderers [who] should be subject to capital punishment." ?

ttbn, spot on, the LNP is a well left of centre Fabian Socialist party that needs to wake up to how far it & the entire nation has drifted away from the middle towards communism.

plantagenet, be fair, the man is advocating for justice, with laws, judges & juries. you may be pro choice, but he is not advocating lynch mobs, rather real justice which is always reasonable in a democracy.

"Grinding Australia Down" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6n4rlIHH2U

Well, I would say that the charging abortion doctors with murder is, on the face of it, 'extreme'; but extreme talk seems to go un-commented on by our witless legislators when some mad mullah calls for the murder of Jews simply because they are Jews. Why should an anti-abortionist be banned because he got hot under the collar on ONE occasion?

On the other hand, some do see abortion as murder. But, we cannot have people like that speaking freely and honestly, can we. Pete?

Franc (does that show that I am human, as per you last crticism of me)

I support free speech, and agree with this article.

However, I find it particularly ironic that Geert Wilders has emerged as a poster boy for free speech advocates, given that he has called for the Koran to be banned.

http://www.geertwilders.nl/index.php/in-english-mainmenu-98/in-the-press-mainmenu-101/77-in-the-press/in-the-press/1117-enough-is-enough-ban-the-koran

Widers is more of a threat to free speech than the people who tried to prevent him entering this country

I look forward to John Slater supporting a radical Muslim preacher visa application.