To fight the xenophobic populists, we need more free speech, not less

by Timothy Garton Ash
Guardian
May 13, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1399/to-fight-the-xenophobic-populists-we-need-more

Excerpt:

How can we best combat the anti-immigrant populists who are now making the political running in many European countries? Later this month, the verdict is due in the trial of the Dutch politician Geert Wilders for anti-Islamic statements he has made – such as that the Qur'an is a "fascist book" which should be banned. At the same time, the country's minority centre-right government depends for its survival on the "tolerance" of Wilders' Party for Freedom (PVV), which won more than 15% of the vote in the last general election. Wilders' price included a commitment to a burqa ban.

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