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Originally Posted by RACooper
Yes. IF said "free speech" is used to violate the rights and freedom of others - just because you have freedom of speech doesn't mean you have freedom to commit a criminal offence or 'hate crime'. Wilders can easily be demonstrated to have a long history of 'hate crimes' as it specifically relates to immigrants, Muslims, non-Dutch speakers, non-Protestants, etc. - therefore in light of said pattern of conduct and history of attacks and violations of the criminal code of the Netherlands and the EU as it relates to discriminatory and hateful speech and acts I would happily applaud Wilders being tossed in the can (or at least fined)... unfortunately it'd only play into his hands as a "martyr" and "sufferer" for the "truth".
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How did this movie violate the rights of others? Is that the right to not have mean things said about you? I don't think I've ever seen the right to not have your feelings hurt mentioned in Magna Carta or the Constitution.
Instead of attacking the man, attack the movie. Attack the facts in the movie... were those not quotes from the Quran? Were those Muslim clerics misinterpreted? Were there not thousands of people cheering for the hateful speech being spewed by said clerics?