Dutch court upholds Geert Wilders conviction for insulting Moroccans

Deutsche Welle ^ | 07.06.2021 | wmr/rt (Reuters, dpa)

[Olog-hai]

The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld far-right politician Geert Wilders’ conviction for collectively insulting Moroccans at a campaign rally in 2014.

Wilders had been convicted in 2016, and demanded a retrial, arguing the case had been politically motivated and that the finding restricted his freedom of speech.

The court ruled Tuesday that the rally speech was not covered by freedom of expression. […]

At the 2014 campaign rally in question, Wilders asked supporters if they wanted “fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands. “Fewer! Fewer! Fewer!” his supporters chanted back. “We’re going to take care of that,” Wilders told the crowd.

In response to the ruling Tuesday, Wilders said he is the victim of a political “witch hunt.” …

[rarestia]

Wilders did not receive a fine or jail time. The decision of the high court cannot be appealed.

So they "censured" him? Mon pauvre chou!

[Lisbon1940]

Fewer in Dutch is minder.

[dfwgator]

[Leaning Right]

> The Dutch Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld far-right politician Geert Wilders’ conviction... <

Here we see some loyal Dutch citizens showing their approval.

[Lisbon1940]

Minder is also less, as in the phrase by the famous architect, “Minder is meer.”

[SES1066]

The court ruled Tuesday that the rally speech was not covered by freedom of expression.

This is what will happen to us when they get the 'Living Constitution' that the LEFT is so enamored with! Freedom of Speech is true for only the LEFT and allies, not for anyone on their hit list!

[Leaning Right]

In the US, it all started with those “hate crime” laws. Because once they were firmly in place, it becomes quite easy to criminalize free speech as “hate speech”.

[taxcontrol]

This is a shining example of why freedoms must be exercised, protected, and taught to the next generation.

[Rurudyne]

Enoch Powell was right!

[dfwgator]

Bloody well right!

[Olog-hai]

In our state, naturally there is and can be no place for freedom of speech, press, and so on for the foes of socialism.

— Andrey Vyshinsky, “Law of the Soviet State”, p. 617

While these throwbacks live, the USSR is never dead and is trying to rise up in the USA. Obama stirred these seeds up.

[Olog-hai]

Not to mention the EUSSR, who actually patterned themselves after the USSR via the UN Charter.

[Olog-hai]

Yes. Such laws violate equal protection of the laws and are actually unconstitutional.

[Kickass Conservative]

Well, the Dutch were Slave Traders who shipped half a million Slaves across the Atlantic, so there’s that.

[Howie66]

Moroccans offend the Hell out of me. Can we get some charges filed against them?

[Secret Agent Man]

many dutch are too close to nazis

[Tell It Right]

Evidently the Dutch today is as oppressive to speech and religious freedom as the Pilgrims feared the Dutch would be. (The reason the Pilgrims left Holland is they feared a war between Holland and Catholic Spain would lead to persecution of Protestants.)