Edward Michael George;

Each of the authors rejects the authority of government to censor speech. Each condemns the Human Rights Commissions as illegitimate–as, essentially, kangaroo courts … But each, also, accepts that the accused in the given cases (i.e. Mark Steyn and Stephen Boissoin) have said something “hateful”.
Now, don’t get me wrong: this would be just fine … except that none of these columnists–as per journalistic convention–spends so much as a sentence demonstrating what, exactly, makes the opinions in question hateful! They are united in their easy posturing to the effect that assholes should be allowed to spout nonsense, but they do not so much as dare to doubt that Steyn and Boissoin are assholes and that theirs is nonsense.
What should concern us is not the political toadying at work here, but the trend of journalistic incompetence.

I prefer “malpractice”. Journalists are among the chosen few who hold the power to damage, even destroy the lives of innocent people. They should be held accountable for professional laziness, cowardice and agenda-driven reporting.
Oh, wait….

“It’s time for a new batch of letters – this time asking the MPs how much they would appreciate having their communications monitored by an HRC bureaucrat with an unknown and undisclosed political bias. How comfortable would they feel, knowing that it’s not just the potentially hateful comments of their constituents they need to worry about, but the potential that their responses will be monitored – and potentially – available to their opposing members.”

National Post;

Both she and Ms. Eliadis had harsh words for the growing contingent of bloggers who lambaste the commissions, and have been invigorated by the prominence of the Maclean’s complaints.
Ms. Eliadis singled out one in particular, blazingcatfur.blogspot.com, as “poisonous” for referring to her panel at the conference as a “Texas cage match.”
She said it was evidence of the “appalling tone” that is “illustrative of how badly this debate has gone.”

More material for the poisonous debate – “Take a moment to see how hard Jennifer Lynch, the chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, works. She jets off to Africa, at a cost of $5,800; then Geneva, for a mere $8,300, Australia, for a bargain of $7,500. I can’t remember the last time I spent $90 on breakfast, but then again I don’t work for the CHRC.”