you hear about the Somalian guy who decided to take matters into his own
hands and tried to behead Westergaard with an axe in his own home? Of
course you didn't hear about it. Publishing that kind of news wouldn't be
politically correct. It doesn't matter anymore if it is the truth. If the truth is
incorrect, it must not be revealed and anyone who tries to reveal it is indeed
a racist.
What is happening to us?
Why are we giving up what is most precious in our democratic society? Why
have we become more afraid of offending people than we are afraid of losing
our freedom of speech? Why has it become accepted that we should, no
must, respect religions and ideologies which do not respect our values and
way of life? Can anybody tell me?
We are no longer a society of pioneers. We are no longer a society of
freedom fighters. We are no longer a society of truth. We are a society of
cowards. I have never understood this. My right to speak is much more
important than anyone's feelings, no matter how offended they claim to be.
Besides, the offence argument works both ways. We don't dare speak about
how we are deeply offended by the way Kurt Westergaard has been treated.
We don't dare speak about how we are deeply offended that Pim Fortuyn
was murdered in the Netherlands by tolerance extremists. We don't dare
speak about how we are deeply offended by sharia gangs enforcing sharia
law in the ghettos of London and Paris.
''Tolerance towards intolerance is cowardice''
We have become so tolerant that we now tolerate the intolerant. To quote
Ayaan Hirsi Ali ''Tolerance towards intolerance is cowardice''. And by the
way, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an apostate of Islam, had to flee Europe because of
Islamic violence. Aren't you offended by that? I certainly am.
A person who genuinely believes in freedom can no longer speak out without
being called a racist, fascist or any other kind of Godwins-Law related term.
If not hurting anyone's feelings has become more important than preserving
our freedom of speech we are truly doomed.
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