Posted on 08/27/2017 11:37:44 AM PDT by Oatka
[This is London, Ontario] Full title: "London, Ontario bans anti-Islamization rally: 'Ideologies contrary to City of London not permitted in civic spaces' " (As in "We only allow ideologies that are consistent with Islam")
The freedom of speech is under ferocious assault all over the West, from both Muslims and leftists. The city of London, Ontario has now banned “activities of organizations whose ideologies is [sic] contrary to the City of London.” So only if the city authorities agree with what you’re saying will you be allowed to operate. Incredible. This is authoritarianism, and the death of free society. And it’s happening rapidly, right under our noses.
“Policy advocate criticizing London council’s emergency motion as an ‘attack on free speech,’” by Liny Lamberink and Matthew Trevithick, AM980, August 23, 2017:
London City Hall is coming under fire for what some are calling an “attack on free speech”, after unanimously passing an emergency motion Tuesday night to stand against hatred and racism.
It comes in response to an anti-Islam rally scheduled on Saturday by the Canadian chapter of the German nationalist and far-right political movement Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, or PEGIDA in its German abbreviation.
London Institute Executive Director Amir Farahi has accused council of making a “knee-jerk” reaction by condemning the activities of organizations whose ideologies are contrary to the city’s.
“[Mayor Matt Brown] said there’s no place in London for racism, bigotry, and hatred. Okay, I agree with you… but there certainly is a place for us to free assembly and for us to freely express ourselves,” Farahi said Wednesday on AM980’s The Andrew Lawton Show.
The motion is as follows: “That civic administration be directed to prepare the necessary formal council policy to confirm the prohibition of activities of organizations whose ideologies is [sic] contrary to the City of London are not permitted in civic spaces, and/or facilities and spaces.”
Farahi has launched a Change.org petition, calling on Mayor Matt Brown to repeal part of the motion.
“I’m quite disgusted by the fact that our fundamental rights, our constitutional rights here in Canada, in London, are basically being taken away from us under the guise of political correctness.”
He points out that victims of hate speech are already protected by hate speech laws, and violators face the full extent of the law….
Mayor Matt Brown has now committed to attending the counter-protest, despite saying in a radio interview this month that it would be inappropriate for him to attend and give unneeded attention to the anti-Islam group.
“I didn’t want to throw fuel in the fire,” he explained on AM980’s The Craig Needles Show.
“I’ve seen a ground swell of people moving toward attending the anti-hate rally, which I think is very positive. So I’ve moved my schedule around, and I want to join London and stand together, and just express that the vast majority of Londoners don’t accept hate.”…
England, Germany, Canada....time to buy ammunition again. Lots of it.
“Red and Black. It’s their color scheme.
Get their man, in the end...”
OK, so *slam is the ideology they are promoting. An ideology of death, hate and destruction.
They can hate us. We can’t hate them. Gotcha!
Inoffensive language doesn’t need the protection of law. Freedom of speech is the freedom to express ideas that are counter to the culture or the State.
Clearly, freedom of speech is dead here.
Freedom of speech is an American concept and is protected by the Bill of Rights. In most other countries there is no such thing as the Bill of Rights. And there is no such thing as the Freedom of Speech. In other words, “the truth or Lies is not protected in most countries. The USA is the last great great hope of Planet Earth and that hope is being destroyed . Satan will rule or not. China will rule the 22nd Century. Be afraid, very afraid.
Have it anyway.
Ask Mark Steyn about free speech in Canada...
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