Mark Tapscott:
Dutch political leader Geert Wilder is on trial for exercising a right most Americans take for granted - the right to speak our minds on any topic whatsoever and to say whatever you and I choose to say on that topic, regardless of how inflammatory, idiotic, or brilliant it might seem to anybody else.
Others, too, have the right to point out how inflammatory, idiotic or brilliant they might find any of our comments. In America, we have confidence that when everybody gets to speak their mind, the truth will ultimately prevail. It is a cornerstone constitutional right of the American republic, along with freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, and freedom of the press. These rights are the essence of the Western tradition of individual liberty, freedom of thought, and conscience.
But there are no such rights in Islamic countries. And radical Jihadists are pushing to extinguish rights like freedom of speech that are intrinsic to Western civilization in outposts they've established in places like Europe. In the Netherlands, for example, the specter of political correctness being used to silence all criticism of Islam heralds the repression in store for every person who comes under such rule.
Dutch political leader Geert Wilders has fought this Islamified PC and is now on trial for doing so, accused of committing a "hate crime" by speaking these lines:
"We must stop the tsunami of the Islamization. This hits us in the heart, in our identity, in our culture."
Speaking such words can be construed as putting Islam in a negative light, which under Islamic Sharia law is a criminal offense. Under the current PC repression embedded in Dutch law, Wilders could be sent to prison for a year for speaking those words.
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This case is a travesty and it represents all that is wrong with the PC culture and with the attempts of Islam to silence critics. In the Netherlands they are trying to do it with lawfare, but in Islamic countries they use more murderous methods. Freedom is at stake in this trial and we should all support Wilders fight for all our freedoms.
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