That is the faulty logic that allows a fascist party with ties to the EDL like LibertyGB to call themselves precisely that and put "freedom of speech" at the top of their priorities without blushing. They can say whatever they want, no one is saying that they should be prosecuted because they are against religious freedom and because they stir up hate against larges swathes of population in the borough: most people simply do not want to listen to their c**p, less so in a debate about real issues.

It is typical of loonies like that to cry "freedom of sspeeeeecch!!" when others a) don't give them a platform, b) don't agree with them or c) don't give a fig about their hateful views. I am still unconvinced about the need of cancelling the hustings, but I am not shedding tears about their "freedom of speech", simply because that would be allowing them, the EDL and others to carry on hijacking the term.

This post was last modified: 24-04-2015 10:39 AM by fredzeppelin.