I still don't understand why Britain denied Mr. Wilders access to the country because he supposedly is inciting hatred. Watch this intervieuw, watch Fitna if you want to, and then tell me how exactly Mr. Wilders is inciting hatred. He's only debating the extremes in Islam, and questioning if that is the way forward in Europe.
He's actually not far-right, has no ties to extreme-right winged parties or movements whatsoever. He's a liberal, and he has an outspoken opinion on Islam. He makes a clear distinction between the Islamic ideology as a whole and the Muslims as individuals. He also makes a pretty clear distinction between the ideology and race, so it's not racist to have such an opinion, it's not an attempt to incite hatred, and it's not an attempt to blame every Muslim individually for the extremes in Islam. He, along with a lot of other people, just doesn't want this culture to become dominant in Europe. So get it straight, you're not dealing with a Nazi here, you're dealing with someone who is concerned about the extremes in Islam.
This discussion is not about race, we're not talking about deportation and gas chambers here, it's about our culture, and our right to exercise freedom of speech.
I only have one problem with Mr. Wilders though, which is that I think you have to be consistent. If you call the Koran a fascist book, you might aswell call the Bible and the Torah a fascist book, because really these books show a lot of similarities in their content if you ask me. I think this is a form of hypocrisy, and perhaps Mr. Wilders would think that Christianity and Judeaism are superiour when compared to Islam, which I obviously do not agree upon.
To make a long story short, I do know what Sharia law means, and we don't want that here, and we shouldn't want that anywhere if you ask me. I just don't understand why politicians of a Western country who say that they believe in democracy, and freedom of speech, can deny a politician access to their country, and accuse him of inciting hatred and hate speech, when he's only pointing out the obvious. I really fail to understand their reasons, because it seems that they've been showing the movie Fitna anyway, but still decided to put a ban on Mr. Wilders.
It's a good thing that they're concerned about the possibility of social disorder, but really I think the British parlement could've shown a little more courage. They're actually denying a politician his right to exercise freedom of speech, and if I may speak freely, for no good reason.
Just watch the intervieuw, and then you can tell me if he said anything along the lines of ''All Muslims are evil.'' No, he just has opinion, which is that he thinks that Islam is a fascist doctrine, which I do agree upon. Just keep in mind that I think every religion is a fascist doctrine, because the meaning of fascism is that in a sense, you follow one role model, or a leader, or a doctrine, and exclude the rest of the people who refuse to.
Spanish inquisition anyone?
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