How civil libertarians are not. UPDATE: And Turnbull is no Liberal

“Human rights” activists are for free speech in principle, but not in practice.

Take the head of the NSW Council for Civil Liberties, Stephen Blanks.

For free speech - to a point - in theory:

Racial vilification laws in NSW need strengthening, but the NSW government is right to recognise it would be wrong to extend them to religious vilification. Extending them so that they apply to, for example, severe ridicule of people on purely religious grounds...