Geert Wilders is, at best, a fear monger – if you don’t believe me check out a speech he made in Nashville last month in which he explains that Muslim immigrants are trying to conquer Europe and soon no one will be able to wear a crucifix, women won’t be able to walk to streets without veils, etc…
Plus he flat out says “Our Judeo-Christian Western culture is far better and far superior to the islamic [sic] culture.” However, Wilders does has a good point about free speech. Words can be dangerous, especially the words of a powerful politician, however free speech is vital to free societies. Speech isn’t always pretty, in fact, it is often ugly and offensive (see the comments below any YouTube video with an even slightly political message) but silence presents a different kind of danger.
In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal today Geert Wilders, a Dutch politician who recently beat a hate-speech rap in his own country for his controversial views on Islam, tells us that no speech goes too far when it is in the interest of promoting political debate. Wilders was brought to court for making inflammatory statements about Islam and now he is speaking out against the Dutch legislation