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Swedish Prosecutor Seeks Hate Conviction for Quran Burning
Individually, the charges would fall outside criminal liability, but together, they meet the requirements for bringing charges, prosecutor said.
Individually, the charges would fall outside criminal liability, but together, they meet the requirements for bringing charges, prosecutor said.
“The state has taken upon itself—across all of the West—to essentially be the arbiter of what is true or not.”
Peterson vows to take the case to the Supreme Court if needed, but if his appeal is dismissed, he’d attend the course and broadcast it in the name of free speech.
Following a Quran burning in January of this year, a Turkish court has issued an arrest warrant for Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan who has been burning copies of the Islamic holy book for years, often sparking riots.
Suppressing remarks or attitudes that could harm a “peaceful social climate” may be great for genteel Council of Europe meetings, university seminars, or dinner parties, even if it might make them a trifle dull. But it won’t work for any kind of effective 21st century politics.
Throughout human history, hate was not viewed as generally abnormal or anti-social. It was just another emotion that, along with anger, despair or love, had a place in human relationships.
Hate speech legislation targeting social conservatives could be next after the Estonian Parliament rammed through gay marriage this week in a move that could alienate the country’s substantial Russian-speaking population.
Three progressive MEPs called for the parliamentarians to be censured and subject to financial sanctions for their speeches.
Barely covered by Irish media, news about the bill soon reached the likes of Twitter’s Elon Musk and Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, who promptly slammed it.
The roots of oppressive censorship are one and the same. Europe’s ‘hate speech’ laws are a secular equivalent to blasphemy laws—both hinder people from living and speaking freely.
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