The UK’s refusal of admission for Dutch MP Geert Wilders is outrageous, and marks another milestone on the path to tyranny in Europe, with the U.S. a half-step behind. It is hard to believe that such a thing actually could happen, but when one reflects on it, this day has been coming for a long time.
Individual political rights are being eroded by the Left as part of an effort to suppress traditional liberties and replace them with “group rights” and “consciousness.” As part of their (quiet and slow motion) socialist revolution, the Left wants you thinking a group member, dependent on the state, and not as an individual, dependent on yourself and civil society. It works through the educational system, Old Media, and popular culture, not in the streets.
For the UK, the last cry of free speech came twenty years ago, when Thatcher’s government protected Salman Rushdie from death threats due to the perceived insult to the Prophet Muhammed in his book The Satanic Verses. The government backed free speech despite book burnings and threats of violence.
No so anymore. But the threats of violence are just the excuse. The real cause of this outrage is the victory of the Left. As has been noted, had Wilders been Christophobic, he would have been admitted without question or debate. The public is used to Christophobia in the public sphere. The Left wants you to be Christophobic. It rewards such a prejudice.
But the Left privileges Islam as part of their war against Britain and Western civilization. Wilders is dangerous because he questions, he thinks for himself, he demands his individual rights, and he points out the Left’s contradictions. There is no room for him in the UK anymore.
How long are Western populations going to tolerate the destruction of their liberties. It is past time for the Europeans, Canadians, and Americans to wake up and grasp how the Left is eroding their rights.
These rights were hard won.
And it is up to us to exercise them in the face of bullying by the tyrants of the Left.
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