[...] In the category of “concrete examples of what can happen even in a modern pluralistic democracy if you don’t have a First Amendment,” Popehat, tells us about the excesses of anti-”hate speech”-crusader and professional censor Richard Warman, who uses the Canadian Human Rights Commissions to attack speech he doesn’t like [...]

[...] We’ve blogged about Canada’s foolish and contemptible prosecution of Steyn before, as well as the abuses under Section 13 of Canada’s Human Rights Act. [...]

[...] who while he probably started his career with good intentions has become an advocate for abuse, a vexatious serial litigant, a censor, an internet troll, a female impersonator on Nazi-oriented web forums (”not that [...]

[...] previously blogged about Canadian censor and thug Richard Warman suing Canadian bloggers for criticizing him in the course of his quest to use Canada’s Human Rights Commissions to silence speech he [...]

IMHO Warman is acting like a certified fascist. I bet American, European and Australian bloggers can mock Warman right into a straight jacket. Everyone in Canada must hear about this Warman and the HRC injustice!

This fellow in the HRC, Richard Warman, sounds like a totally wonderful human being who doesn’t have a huge chip on his shoulder or one evil bone in his whole fair-minded body.

He doesn’t at all sound like a sick and demented bastard who is angry and bitter because he got his butt massively kicked in those elections years ago.

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe likes
human rights commissions

that violate human rights
while claiming to protect them

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absurd thought -
God of the Universe hates
real freedom of speech

an American concept
which is NOT for Canada

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Why Does Canada Allow This?

All real freedom starts with freedom of speech. If there is no freedom of speech, then there can be no real freedom.

http://www.richardwarman.com/

http://haltterrorism.com

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[...] RICHARD WARMAN: Superhero Of Censorship, Scourge of Free Speech …. [...]

I think that the disconnect for many Americans, when hearing about Canadian censorship and wondering how they can do that?, is that Americans don’t understand that Canada’s charter of rights is just “a law” to be construed equally with all other laws, including section 13.1, porn codes, and the like. Canada, like Britain, doesn’t have a bill of rights which enjoys constitutional status, trumping lesser laws in derogation of those rights.

From an American perspective, it’s also too easy to forget the relatively vigorous protection our courts have given speech, even in hard cases like flag-burning (not a hard case in my view, but it was for many), Nazis applying for parade permits, and “erotic dance.” If we care about speech, we should appreciate those hard cases and the protection the courts have extended all the more, because popular speech isn’t what gets censored.