Posted on 07/26/2017 12:12:15 PM PDT by heterosupremacist
Rabia Khedr claims that Johnston was “inciting violence” against Muslims, but that is untrue, unless by “inciting violence” Khedr means simply criticizing Islam. Unless he was directly calling for violence, this is evidence that Canada’s “anti-Islamophobia” motion M-103, contrary to promises, is indeed being applied as a binding law, and is not simply a condemnation of Islamophobia without legal force.
The freedom of speech is rapidly disappearing in the West, and most people have no idea that it is happening, or why it matters.
A former Mississauga mayoral candidate whose online posts targeting Muslims have prompted complaints was arrested Monday for “hate-motivated crime,” Peel Regional Police said.
Kevin J. Johnston, 45, was charged with a single count of wilful promotion of hatred following what a statement called “a lengthy investigation into numerous incidents reported to police.”
The Freedom Report website where Johnston posts his radio-host style videos, many of them aimed at the Islamic faith and individual Muslims, remained online following the arrest.
Johnston was charged under a section that outlaws promoting “hatred against any identifiable group,” other than in private conversation. He faces up to two years imprisonment if convicted.
The charge was approved by the Ontario Attorney General’s office, which has the final say on hate crimes prosecutions. He was scheduled to appear in Brampton court on Monday.
“This charge is long overdue,” said Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the National Council of Canadian Muslims. “We welcome this development as an important step towards safeguarding our communities from unchecked hatred that both harms social cohesion and threatens the safety of community members.”
Johnston could not be reached for comment. A recorded message on his phone did not mention the arrest but said his YouTube and Twitter accounts had been suspended….
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He is in trouble.
The fact that what he said might be true will be no defense, not in Canada.
They do the same in Saudi Arabia. The religious police won’t allow any real scrutiny of Islam.
The truth about Islam will not be tolerated.
If Europe and Canada have fallen to Islam, the U.S. is next.
A Freeper recently pointed out to me a Lincoln quote.
If you want a bad law changed then rigorously enforce it.
Maybe we need a wall on the Northern Border.
Everywhere you look in the west, left wing totalitarians are destroying free speech.
Telling the truth in a time of universal deceit is a revolutionary act—George Orwell
If Europe and Canada have fallen to Islam, the U.S. is next.
If you want a bad law changed then rigorously enforce it.
Fortunately, they are mostly only wounding free speech. When the speakers fight back, they pretty much always win. At least, in the US.
Our first amendment is very unique and powerful. And getting the states to approve any kind of repeal is beyond remote as a possibility. It would take a genuine coup.
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