Posted on 11/22/2016 8:39:29 AM PST by Jan_Sobieski
Are European Countries Now Police States?
According to New Europe, in Leeuwarden, "about twenty opponents of the plans [to establish asylum centers] in the region received police visits at home." In other words, the Netherlands are engaging in state censorship, thereby raising the question: Is the Netherlands now a police state?
In the town of Sliedrecht, police came to Mark Jongeneel's office and told him that he tweeted "too much" and that he should "watch his tone": his tweets "may seem seditious". His offense? One tweet said: "The College of #Sliedrecht comes up with a proposal to take 250 refugees over the next two years. What a bad idea!"
In September 2015, Die Welt reported that people who air "xenophobic" views on social media, risk losing the right to see their own children.
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Clearly, the law is not equal. EU Commissioners can make "xenophobic" remarks and get a promotion; European citizens, for exercising their right to free speech, are arrested and prosecuted.
In Europe, is the enemy now the governments? Evidence is mounting that expressing even a mild opinion that runs counter to official government policy can land you in prison, or at least ensure a visit from your friendly local Kafkaesque police. Has Europe effectively become a police state?
A spokesperson for the national police explained that ten intelligence units of "digital detectives" monitor Facebook pages and Twitter accounts in real time, looking for posts that go "too far," so that they can visit with people to tell them "what effect a post or tweet on the internet can have..."
(Excerpt) Read more at en.europe-israel.org ...
This is what governments do.
First “common sense” gun control
Then “common sense” speech control
I will not cry for the liberal tyrants when they get put up against a wall and shot like they deserve.
Holland will be muslim in a few years, and then there will be another thought police! the sharia savages.
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
America was this close >||< to going out too. Thank God for Trump!
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Yep! The first ensures the second.
Later
Why Did British Police Ignore Pakistani Gangs Abusing 1,400 Rotherham Children? Political Correctness
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerscruton/2014/08/30/why-did-british-police-ignore-pakistani-gangs-raping-rotherham-children-political-correctness/#3977812f5a7c
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