Here are some more reactions from around the world to yesterday's acquittal of Geert Wilders:
- Does the acquittal of Geert Wilders signal a changing Netherlands?
by Robert Zeliger at ForeignPolicy.Com - Profile of Geert Wilders
from the BBC (no byline) - The Anti-Islamism Hobby Horse unhinged vituperations
by Faranza Versey at CounterPunch.Org - Geert Wilders's American Fan Base
by John Hudson at TheAtlanticWire.Com - Netherlands split as anti-Muslim MP is cleared of hate charge
by Michael Day at the Independent - Geert Wilders - A Victory For Common Sense
by Schrodinger's Cat at RichardDawkins.Net - Wilders Acquittal a 'Slap in the Face for Muslims'
by David Knight at Der Spiegel - Putting the Wilders Win in Context
by Nina Shea at NaitonalReview.Com - Politicians, not the law, must tackle Geert Wilders now
by Ubaldus de Vries at the Guardian
I think I probably agree with the Richard Dawkins Foundation article you linked.
ReplyDeleteI think Wilders is a dim-witted hatemonger.
However, dim-witted hatemongers should be rejected by audiences on the basis of their ideas, not prosecuted for the unpopularity of those ideas.
I root for the 1st Amendment, whether its on behalf of Wilders or even Rev. Fred Phelps.
I was VERY glad to see Wilders walk.
I used to be a bigger fan of Wilders than I am now, but I'm still not to the point of considering him a dim-witted hatemonger. But you may be right.
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