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Rowan Atkinson on free speech

The Christian Institute · talk · Watch on YouTube

Free speech, censorship & civil libertiesLaw, policing & justice

What it is

Rowan Atkinson speaks against the word 'insulting' in the UK Public Order Act, as part of the Reform Section 5 campaign. He argues for robust free speech and against the slippery slope of criminalizing offense.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters point to it as an eloquent defense of free speech with concrete examples of the slippery slope.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “Rowan Atkinson explained it more eloquently that I ever could”

    Atkinson argues eloquently for free speech

    sph, 2024-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Bluesky adds 700k new users in a week”

  2. “Rowan Atkinson gives some nice examples here”

    Atkinson gives examples of the free speech slippery slope

    Etherlord87, 2024-12 · Recommendation · in “Breaking the 4Chan CAPTCHA”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: rowan atkinson, free speech, public order act, censorship, uk law

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