from Moonbattery:
Ireland has succumbed to moonbattery, which is incompatible with liberty. Consequently, the country is moving to abolish free speech:
The proposed Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 would criminalize the possession of material deemed hateful. … The law would allow for sweeping authoritarian measures in defining opposing viewpoints hateful.
Dissident speech is designated as “hate speech” so that authorities can justify suppressing it.