He says freedom they say hate the pronoun fight is back

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Title: He says freedom, they say hate. The pronoun fight is back

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Organisation: The Star

Distribution: The Star Website

Author: Patty Winsa

Date Published: January 15th 2017

Style: Reporting

Central Claims[edit | edit source]

None. Mostly reporting on facts, including quotes and thoughts from both sides.

Claims by Subjects of the Article[edit | edit source]

“A lot of trans students, as a result of not only the climate but direct death threats they were receiving, stopped going to class,” said Cassandra Williams, a 21-year-old trans student who is the vice-president of university affairs for the U of T students’ union.

Cassandra Williams claims death threats were received without evidence presented to match.

But “compel” may be too strong a word.“The code doesn’t tell anyone to do anything like that. It’s a bit of a mischaracterization,” said Toby Young, a lawyer with the Human Rights Legal Support Centre.“The fact is that you can’t use language, or speech, that is discriminatory.”

Bill C-16 as potentially not Compelled Speech.

Errors in Criticism[edit | edit source]

None. Just fact reporting.

Truths in Criticism[edit | edit source]

The facts are good.