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The Dutch Death Spiral
From Paradise to Bolshevik Thought Police

by Giulio Meotti  •  December 11, 2016 at 5:00 am

    "It would have been better if the Dutch state had sent a clear signal [to terrorists] via a Dutch court that we foster a broad notion of the freedom of expression in the Netherlands." — Paul Cliteur, Professor of Jurisprudence, Leiden University.

    The historic dimension of Wilders's conviction is related not only to the terrible injustice done to this MP, but that it was the Netherlands that, for the first time in Europe, criminalized dissenting opinions about Islam.

    "I will never be silent. You will not be able to stop me... And that is what we stand for. For freedom and for our beautiful Netherlands." — Geert Wilders, Dutch MP and leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV).

    "We have a lot of guests who are trying to take over the house." — Pym Fortuyn, later shot to death to "defend Dutch Muslims from persecution."

    Before being slaughtered, clinging to a basket, Theo van Gogh begged his assassin: "Can we talk about this?" But can we talk?

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