No Right Turn thinks a consistent position is a hypocritical one.

When the government passed the Electoral Finance Act, the right screamed that it was an assault on free speech. Now they’re trying to use it to shut down the stage version of The Hollow Men. Ostensibly, this is being done to “clarify the law”. In reality, it is being done in an effort to silence speech they do not like. Despite all their screaming and all their posturing, when it comes to freedom of speech, the right are simply hypocrites.

We on the right said loudly and often that this law would restrict freedom of speech. DPF today outlined the reasoning that said that this play would in fact be restricted under the EFA. I believe that that reasoning is sound.

This post from NRT actually confirms everything that we have been saying. I quote again:

In reality, it is being done in an effort to silence speech they do not like.

How can a law that does not suppress free speech be used to suppress free speech? You cannot have it both ways – either the law suppresses, or it does not. Yet NRT is now on record as taking both positions.

Then we have the “in reality” clause – a misnomer if ever there was. This is where he applies his fantasys of “Big Evil” Natioanl, though in this instance he omits links to his own posts where he ends up just taking Labour’s latest questionable assertions as gospel truth.

Reality is that Stephen is now on record as saying the opposite, and opponents of the act have been consistent from the start – we are supporting the right of dissenters.

Mr Franks said he had not seen The Hollow Men, but was in favour of it being staged without restriction.

“It would be appalling for that to be banned, whether it is a true or false view of history.”

We’re just asking for the law to be enforced, to show just how draconian it is. That’s no more hypocritical than taking a puppy and rubbing it’s nose in the business it deposited on the carpet – yes, we want a clean carpet, and this is the way forward to achieve that.