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Malta Police Crack Down on Pro-Lifers, Alleging ‘Hate Speech’
Live Action ^ | 11/16/21 | Cassy Fiano-Chesser

Posted on 11/19/2021 6:56:24 PM PST by marshmallow

The largely pro-life country of Malta, located south of Sicily, has been facing pressure to legalize abortion and euthanasia and abandon its deeply-held principles. Activists are working to make abortion legal in the island nation, though pro-life Maltese citizens are continuing to stand strong — even as police have begun cracking down on pro-life advocacy as “hate speech.”

Emma Portelli Bonnici is a candidate running for office with the Nationalist Party (PN). In a press conference, she promised free contraception and morning-after pills within six months if her party is put into power. She’s also openly pro-abortion, and filed a police report against a priest, Father Andrew Borg, for alleged “hate speech.” She says Borg referred to her as “Hitler, a satanist, a murderer, a butcher and a criminal.”

Simon Debono, the administrator of a pro-life Facebook group for Maltese citizens, is likewise claiming that pro-life advocates are being arrested. As reported by LovinMalta.com:

… a woman in her 60s whose daughter had just given birth… told Emma Portelli Bonnici to “get lost, we don’t need people like you in our country”.

“[Bonnici] burst out crying at the depot and the officers ended up apologising and told her they were just following orders,” Debono said. “She said it was free speech, not hate speech, fair comment against the murder of innocent babies in the womb.”

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TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: abortion; cassyfianochesser; donutwatch; emmaportellibonnici; euthanasia; fatherandrewborg; freecontraception; hatespeech; malta; morningafterpills; nationalistparty; prolife; prolifer; simondebono

1 posted on 11/19/2021 6:56:24 PM PST by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Defund the police. Arm the people!


2 posted on 11/19/2021 6:57:32 PM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: marshmallow

God’s coming back in my lifetime.


3 posted on 11/19/2021 7:08:14 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marshmallow

“Hitler, a satanist, a murderer, a butcher and a criminal.”


4 posted on 11/19/2021 7:39:27 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: marshmallow
She says Borg referred to her as “Hitler, a satanist, a murderer, a butcher and a criminal.”

In the old days, she might have tried suing for slander or libel, but that would allow the priest to make the case that she is in fact "Hitler, a satanist, a murderer, a butcher and a criminal." "Hate speech" codes become a blanket to smother true argument.
5 posted on 11/19/2021 7:54:50 PM PST by Dr. Sivana ("There are only men and women."-- George Gilder, Sexual Suicide, 1973)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Emma Portelli Bonnici is a candidate running for office with the Nationalist Party (PN). In a press conference, she promised free contraception and morning-after pills within six months if her party is put into power. She’s also openly pro-abortion, and filed a police report against a priest, Father Andrew Borg, for alleged “hate speech.” She says Borg referred to her as “Hitler, a satanist, a murderer, a butcher and a criminal.” ... a woman in her 60s whose daughter had just given birth… told Emma Portelli Bonnici to “get lost, we don’t need people like you in our country”.“[Bonnici] burst out crying at the depot and the officers ended up apologising and told her they were just following orders,” Debono said.
It's no longer Maltese, it's occupied by the EU.

6 posted on 11/20/2021 8:05:36 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The affect of centuries of in breeding.


7 posted on 11/20/2021 9:04:53 AM PST by CoastWatcher
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To: CoastWatcher

Malta’s been invaded and resettled a lot of times, so, no, probably not.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta


8 posted on 11/20/2021 9:44:25 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: marshmallow

Anything that isn’t an obscenity or a lefty slogan is “hate speech” to them.


9 posted on 11/20/2021 4:17:15 PM PST by Zionist Conspirator (Secularism is a fraud and a failure.)
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To: marshmallow

It was shocking when the Right to Life was assasinated in Ireland.

Now it is under attack in Malta.

Abortion advocates want to murder innocent little preborn babies everywhere.


10 posted on 11/22/2021 2:19:59 PM PST by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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