Governments throughout the English-speaking sphere are creating and then ratcheting the torque on "hate-speech" laws with frightening eagerness.
Jim GoadI'll hit anyone who's seriously threatening my life... that's what happened, and that's what sent me to prison.
Jim Goad"Liberating" is a gay word, so let's phrase it this way: I know everything about me and still manage to be good friends with myself, so nothing anyone says that's truthful about me ever bothers me.
Jim GoadOne of the greatest pleasures I get from my measly professional career is confusing people.
Jim GoadHomosexuality is genetically hardwired but race and gender are only ideas. OK. Just trying to keep up.
Jim GoadThere were people whom I considered friends or loved ones who either abandoned me or betrayed me in ways I'd never have suspected. But there were others who had been barely acquaintances of mine whose loyalty and efforts on my behalf made me realize that not everyone was as inherently rotten as I'd previously believed. So it caused a violent split in my view of humanity - people turned out to be far worse and far better than I'd ever dreamed possible.
Jim Goad