<<Free speech is a fundamentally liberal value that has at its heart respect for the dignity and autonomy of the individual. Collectivist ideologies that prioritise peoples’ rights according to the categories to which they belong are fundamentally at odds with this.>>

Yesssssss. Well put, Rhian.

Kipp

'J O M Live one day in the shoes of a Gay person, then you might learn of the stigmatization, demeaning of being and persecution Gay people live with daily. '

get a job with the ABC and you will be adored.

Yes, good post Rhian.

Kipp, don't tell us, tell the Muslims. I mean they are such good chums of the gay community.

oh well the normal trolls of this site are at it again.I wonder how many of them a liberal party staffers?

JOM you need to get in touch with your inner queer mate, there no such hate as self loathing.. but the good news is there is nothing wrong with being Gay.

cohenite do you write your own post? can you tell me a magic time when we had free speech in Australia? do really belive that only the left (whoever that is) has passed laws that limit it. Now before you answer try using the internet to do some reasearch, it's pretty easy, but using google rather then conservapedia.

Runner as always you are a shining beacon, noboby does stupid as good as you.

Well finally the Students are waking up. Perhaps there is hope.http://www.globalreserach.ca/

Dear Rhian,

Good, but just a word of caution:

<<Free speech is a fundamentally liberal value that has at its heart respect for the dignity and autonomy of the individual>>

If we truly respect the dignity and autonomy of the individual, then EVERY action which hurts no others should be legal, rather than making a special case for the particular act of opening one's mouth and emitting legible sound-waves (so long as they don't impinge on the neighbour's ears).

Thus we should not be speaking of "free speech" as a separate "right", else it may be understood that other activities need not be free.