In Support of Academic Freedom of Expression and Critical Thought

Comments

#208

Good luck, Holly! Sending all my love and support from Brisbane city.

(Brisbane, 2021-02-28)

#209

Women and lesbians should have academic freedom like everyone else.

(Richmond CA, 2021-02-28)

#210

Lesbians don't like dick shouldn't be a controversial statement

(Dallas, 2021-02-28)

#228

I fully support free expression of gender critical ideas.

(Roselands, 2021-02-28)

#239

A perfect example of why freedom of speech at univerdities is crucial: women being disadvantaged by a minority campaign which has captured levers of power

(Canberra, 2021-02-28)

#243

Women have the right to express their opinions on women’s rights!

(Oslo, 2021-02-28)

#244

The outrageous attack on Holly Lawford-Smith and other feminist academics for doing feminist work must stop.

(London, 2021-02-28)

#251

I'm signing this because Holly Lawford-Smith is a very fine philosopher, doing important work in public in a politically contentious area, and she deserves to be supported properly by her University.

(Lewes, 2021-02-28)

#256

I'm signing because my daughter is Australian and doesn't need to grow up in the shadow of this BS.

(London, 2021-02-28)

#265

Sex matters!

(Glasgow, 2021-02-28)

#270

Data needs to be collected on the impact to woman of self ID laws and failures of institutions and agencies to protect women from male violence.

(DEE WHY, 2021-02-28)

#281

Holly Lawford-Smith is not harming transgender people. She is giving a space for biological women and girls to speak up about their legitimate fears, concerns and outrage over their loss of basic rights and entitlement to single sex spaces.

(Castlemaine, 2021-02-28)

#290

Freedom of speech!

(Florianópolis, 2021-02-28)

#293

I'm in full support of Academic freedom of thought and expression and for anyone to enjoy freedom of speech with no restrictions and or censorship enforced by any institution, body or person.

(Adelaide, 2021-02-28)

#309

I am horrified at the attacks on free speech that are increasingly targetting women who speak out about sexism, misogyny and in support of sex-based rights.

(Invermay, 2021-03-01)

#317

Women deserve to be recognized as women. We are losing our identities and potential safety to men who choose to identify as women. Once again we are being dictated to how to act and speak by men, and again have become second to men.

(Huntingtown, 2021-03-01)

#318

You've said it all in the petition text. Dr Lawford-Smith is doing nothing wrong. She is exercising her right to express serious safe-keeping concerns. The ones who will accuse of vilification are the ones doing so here to one of their own community, supposedly. I have seen them calling on people to shut this site down, report it because it is publishing 'fake stories'.
How misogynistic to write them off as fake without having any proof of such a wild claim, that hundreds of women are just making shit up because they "hate" trans people. So these women are all liars? Please...
The TRAs kneejerk reaction to this site will not stand. It is aggressive and uncalled for, and is not dissimilar to the "not all men" protestors that jump out EVERY time women speak about men's violence towards us, with the intention of silencing mere statements of fact.

I sincerely hope the University of Melbourne stands by Holly, transparency of debate, and its own Freedom of Expression policy, and does not add itself to the list of universities who have been failing women recently by brushing off their voices as those of hateful bigots.

(Brisbane, 2021-03-01)

#321

I value research on controversial socioculture movements, topics, and pressure groups that stifle discussion, debate, disagreement, and use stealth legislation tactics, DARVO style tactics, censorship, doxing, death threats, rape threats, and other forms of harassment against any members of targetted groups that dissent from their agenda to colonize and erase them. Adult human females have stories that MUST BE HEARD, AND NOT SILENCED!

(East Brunswick, 2021-03-01)

#326

The woke are the new fascists. They need to be reined in.

(VICTORIA POINT, 2021-03-01)

#327

Fully support of collecting fact and evidence

(Lower Hutt, 2021-03-01)

#328

Please allow informed discussion and conversations, even when they are uncomfortable. Censorship and exclusion do little to progress views and increase understandings

(Melbourne, 2021-03-01)

#330

I’m signing because this rubbish has gone to far.

(Tarcutta, 2021-03-01)

#333

I'm signing because the marketplace of ideas, which universities used to stand, for is under attack by a people who want to drive out diversity of opinions.

(Melbourne, 2021-03-01)

#334

It sickening what the Left are doing Destroying Women's Rights and Strangling Free Speech and shutting down debate they don't agree with with their Hate and Bullying.

(PENRITH, 2021-03-01)

#335

Women have a right to be heard and have their experiences recorded. Those opposed to hearing opinions and ideas which disagree with theirs because of ideas of “safety”, need to remember that the academies should offer discomfort, challenge and disruption. Without the freedom to speak difficult truths, there is no freedom to speak at all.

(3458, 2021-03-01)

#336

I am sick of our rights being taken away

(Palm Beach, Queensland, 4221, 2021-03-01)

#338

As a mother of daughters I fear for women's rights taken away. By the 2% Of the population that want to change everything to suit their selves.

(Port Sorell, 2021-03-01)

#339

Freedom of speech is vital for democratic processes. We can't be controlled by activists groups

(Clarkson, 2021-03-01)

#342

I'm a staunch defender of free speech. Unfortunately this is being constantly attacked in this country. All our freedoms are worth fighting for but freedom of speech is the most important of all. Without free speech we are no longer a democracy

(Bright. Victoria, 2021-03-01)

#345

This is the latest witch hunt we will look back on, and be appalled by. There’s no place in a University for the crushing of free speech and debate. More research and discussion is sorely needed on the topic of Gender Identity, not less, or in this case, the attempted erasure altogether of anything not going along with the popular narrative.

(Melbourne, 2021-03-01)

#347

Freedom of speech and womens rights are being dwindled away my an ideology equivalent to religious sect.

(Buckland, 2021-03-01)

#351

we have to fight with stupidity

(Raby, 2021-03-01)

#357

Free speech is a human right.

(Wigan, 2021-03-01)

#358

I’m signing because womens voices must be heard.

(Chester le Street, 2021-03-01)

#361

Women's sex-based rights are IMPORTANT.

(Melbourne, 2021-03-01)

#366

Women are women based on their biology and nothing else. Women will lose their rights

(Brisbane, 2021-03-01)

#367

I believe in academic freedom of speech and expression.

(Norman Gardens, 2021-03-01)

#372

Stating biological reality is not illegal or immoral.

I am a victim of DVA by a former partner who identified as female at thexend of our relationship to justify behaviours I had been subjected to throughout our relationship. They tried to groom me to being a lesbian. My sexual orientation is what it is, it's not an identity.

(Perth, 2021-03-01)

#373

I’m signing because we are all entitled to freedom of speech and ideas in Australia and not one person, or any institution has the right to try and suppress or stifle any differing views.

(Silverdale, 2021-03-01)

#374

The malice and misogyny being directed at Holly Lawford-
Smith exactly mirrors that being directed at women and girls in the wider world. It is disgraceful.

(Maldon, 2021-03-01)

#381

The creep of authoritarianism and targeting of feminist women must be stopped.

(Glencoe, 2021-03-01)

#382

The rights of everyone are important! Not just the rights of a select few. Being able to respectfully share thoughts and ideas should not be held to ransom by universities, instead they should be encouraged!

(Darwin, 2021-03-01)

#393

The power of the socialists and the ridiculous ness has to stop

(Waterways, 2021-03-01)

#398

Free speech is a very important issue and academics should not be allowed to force their leftists views on students and staff and should be sacked if they do.

(Melbourne, 2021-03-01)

#400

We should all be able to express our opinions, whatever they are, without being attacked in any way. What has happened to freedom of speech?

(Brocklehurst, 2021-03-01)