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  Strypeystrypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

  Aug 16, 2026, 1:46 AM

  @BobLefridge
  > We know that something Bomber posted has upset the hypocritical O'Brien who just happens to be on the board of the Free Speech Union

  This tells us everything we need to know about the Free Speech Onion, and how principled the people running it are.

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  Strypeystrypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

  Aug 16, 2026, 1:50 AM

  I agree with Bomber that the left is unwise to concede this ground to cynical hard right grifters. I'd like to see a genuinely nonpartisan kiwi org that defends freedom of political and artistic expression, with *teeth*. But also hosts friendly and constructive public debates about reasonable limits, like defamation and advocating violence, and where to draw the lines.

  EDIT: Hmm. Maybe I misjudged the Free Speech Onion?

  https://mastodon.nz/@BobLefridge/117034633012622437

  #FreeSpeech #FreedomOfExpression

  @BobLefridge

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  Strypeystrypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz

  Aug 16, 2026, 2:09 AM

  "[Ani O’Brien] also says she and her partner have been left fearful because of some of the ways Bradbury has described where she sits politically.

  'It does worry me, and my family, that it puts me at more risk of actual violence'.”

  #PaulaPenfold, 2026

  https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/361019921/she-champions-free-speech-then-went-court-over-what-blogger-said-about-her

  This Ani O’Brien is the same person who led a vicious cancel campaign against Benjamin Doyle, With no regard for any risk to their family;

  https://nickrockel.substack.com/p/rank-hypocrisy

  As Maynard says, fucking hypocrite.

  @BobLefridge

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