{"id":69521,"date":"2022-02-13T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T07:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=69521"},"modified":"2022-02-12T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T14:56:23","slug":"in-full-rowan-atkinson-on-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/02\/13\/in-full-rowan-atkinson-on-free-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"In full: Rowan Atkinson on free speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BiqDZlAZygU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Defend Free Speech<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 15 Aug 2018<\/p>\n<p>The forerunner of the Defend Free Speech campaign was called &#8220;Reform Section 5&#8221;. This speech by Rowan Atkinson at the launch event in Parliament in 2012 should be heard by every politician, journalist and campaigner before they start calling for laws to silence those they regard as &#8220;extremists&#8221;.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-13-at-09-55-32-In-full-Rowan-Atkinson-on-free-speech-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-13-at-09-55-32-In-full-Rowan-Atkinson-on-free-speech-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-71713\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-13-at-09-55-32-In-full-Rowan-Atkinson-on-free-speech-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-13-at-09-55-32-In-full-Rowan-Atkinson-on-free-speech-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-13-at-09-55-32-In-full-Rowan-Atkinson-on-free-speech-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2022-02-13-at-09-55-32-In-full-Rowan-Atkinson-on-free-speech-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defend Free Speech Published 15 Aug 2018 The forerunner of the Defend Free Speech campaign was called &#8220;Reform Section 5&#8221;. 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