> As for freedom, here’s an interesting thing. The French Leftist newspaper Liberation reported on September 12, 1996, that three stalwarts of Charlie Hebdo (including Stephane ‘Charb’ Charbonnier) had campaigned in their magazine to collect more than 170,000 signatures for a petition calling for a ban on the French National Front party. They did this in the name of the ‘Rights of Man’. You, like me, may dislike the National Front greatly. But lovers of liberty simply do not seek to ban parties they do not like.
Peter Hitchens: The sinister, screeching mob who want to kill free speech
(And no, I DON’T mean the Islamist terrorists in our midst)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3245623/posts?page=10#10
That’s a good point; this magazine of lefties was opposed to some free speech, just not their own. They did have guts and conviction, though; for that reason, I’m not expecting any attacks on American media offices.
What is happening in Europe is that the far left and far right are coming together in the realization that Islam has no role in either side’s vision of “Eutopia”; in Holland in particular (especially after the Theo van Gogh murder) both sides realize their way of life is under assault by Islam.