+Red King Subscriber² Posted October 15, 2016 Subscriber² Share Posted October 15, 2016 Quote Geert Wilders Will Face Trial on Charges of Inciting Racial Hatredby Breitbart London | 14 Oct 2016 Judge Hendrik Steenhuis dismissed Wilders’ lawyers arguments that he was being singled out, saying prosecutors have broad leeway in determining when they think someone has crossed the line from offensive speech to discriminatory speech. Wilders is accused of discrimination and inciting racism for remarks in 2014, televised live, in which he led a roomful of followers in chanting that they wanted “fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands. Steenhuis set the start date for the three-week trial on Oct. 31, meaning a verdict would be likely in December – well ahead of national elections in March. Wilders’ far-right Freedom Party is neck-and-neck with Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s ruling conservative VVD Party in popularity polls. Wilders response to the ruling was that he was being “prosecuted for what millions (of Dutch people) think.” Via Twitter he also indicated he thinks the process against him is politically motivated. In 2011, he was acquitted of inciting racial hatred charges for calling for the Koran to be banned and for the deportation of “criminal” Moroccans. Judges said that his remarks, while offensive to some, were within the bounds of legitimate political discourse. Many observers felt the trial helped increase his popularity as he was able to showcase himself as a champion of free speech. http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/10/14/geert-wilders-will-face-trial-charges-inciting-racial-hatred/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Mirumir Subscriber¹ Posted October 15, 2016 Subscriber¹ Share Posted October 15, 2016 Quote they wanted “fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands It will be interpreted as "setting quotas for immigration" as opposed to "go ahead and kill some Moroccans on the streets" and Wilders will be acquitted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anibal P Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 9 minutes ago, Mirumir said: It will be interpreted as "setting quotas for immigration" as opposed to "go ahead and kill some Moroccans on the streets" and Wilders will be acquitted. Might be because only a retard would interpret "fewer XXX" as "kill/exterminate XXX" DocM 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocM Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 "PCU" - one of the most predictive films of the last 50 years - as applied to national governance and juris prudence. Before long you won't be able to scratch your ass without it being considered discriminatory to mosquitoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahorsepip Veteran Posted October 15, 2016 Veteran Share Posted October 15, 2016 If anyone wonders what he exactly said: Quote Willen jullie meer of minder marokkanen? English: Quote Do you want more or less Moroccans? Which resulted in the room shouting "less, less, less", It's a bit messed up but a difficult case that's been ongoing for a while since he never said "less Moroccans" himself, he just asked the people in the room for their opinion. Though most people agree that he was inciting people into racial hatred by doing so, which I personally agree on considering the topics he talked about during the event which all had some kind of racial hate undertone he could have known that the people attending would be yelling "less". The word "less" is complicated since it can have multiple meanings, Wilders meant deporting and no longer allowing entry into the country with the word "less" Personally I find it absurd, most Moroccans have been born in the Netherlands which means they're strictly speaking dutch citizens so it would be entirely racist to treat them differently(Wilders wants to deport them when they are caught for a crime as example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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