In concluding the eight day proceedings, counsel for the plaintiffs conceded Bolt’s writings did not incite “racial vilification or racial hatred”, rather they “constituted highly personal, highly derogatory and highly offensive attacks” on the nine individuals.
Goodbye, free speech, and hello to the right to not be offended.
Protip: when you are accusing someone of racial vilification and then you say it was only offensive, and the court hands down a guilty verdict anyway, you know that this is fucking atrocious.
I do not like Andrew Bolt. I do not agree with what he said. But laws restricting speech are inherently and absolutely...