In the Netherlands critics of Islam are being oppressed and even prosecuted. Truth is legally irrelevant. According to the Constitution offending a 'group' (in this case a nationality) constitutes 'discrimination'. Time for a repeat of the political trial against Geert Wilders until the judges get it right.
UPDATE: The Court in the trial of Geert Wilders found him guilty of incitement of racial discrimination and offending a minority group. Something is very wrong with the law in the Netherlands. But that's a debate for Wilders himself in the political arena, a very hard thing to do for a politician who is himself continuously subject of investigations and indictment. Let alone the issue whether a politician must be able to call into question a large minority group that refuses to integrate into Western, free society. And apart from the problem of inequality before the law and the arbitrary application of the law, this just goes to show that the problem is much wider than the fundamental freedom of speech. It goes to the perception that justice is no longer being served and that the Dutch are disenfranchised in their own country.
— Piet Jassogne (@jassogne) December 9, 2016
UPDATE: The Court in the trial of Geert Wilders found him guilty of incitement of racial discrimination and offending a minority group. Something is very wrong with the law in the Netherlands. But that's a debate for Wilders himself in the political arena, a very hard thing to do for a politician who is himself continuously subject of investigations and indictment. Let alone the issue whether a politician must be able to call into question a large minority group that refuses to integrate into Western, free society. And apart from the problem of inequality before the law and the arbitrary application of the law, this just goes to show that the problem is much wider than the fundamental freedom of speech. It goes to the perception that justice is no longer being served and that the Dutch are disenfranchised in their own country.
