UK: Mohammed Cartoon Exhibit Canceled Over Threats of Muslim Violence
Posted on August 20, 2015 by creeping
Why do Western countries allow Muslims in if the result is threats of violence against non-Muslims for exercising their rights?
So much for this video post a few days ago. via ‘Frightened’ Britain Cancels Mohammed Cartoon Exhibit.
Correct, Brits freedom is gone. As it is slipping away in the U.S. too.
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It’s an odd feeling sitting down to write
this, it’s a mixture of relief and foreboding. The Mohammed Cartoon
exhibit that I and others had planned for September in London has been
cancelled, and the fact that this has brought relief should offer some
clues as to why.
Over the last few weeks, I have had
several conversations with both Scotland Yard and counter-terror
detectives. My conclusion? That the risk of running this exhibition is
simply too high.
When setting out to do something like this, one has to
be prepared for the possibility of threats, or even violence, but it’s
easy to underestimate the impact such things will have on the people
around you.
There’s a very real possibility that
people could be hurt or killed – before, during, and after the event.
This, together with the fact that our venue had indicated it wanted to
pull out citing security and insurance concerns, and given the fear that
people were feeling generally, the only responsible thing to do was to
pull back and try to learn some lessons. I have not learned lessons as
much as I have had my suspicions confirmed. There are two major messages
to take on board from this episode: 1) Britain is a frightened nation,
and 2) our freedom is not going away, it has gone.
You may think it obvious to state that
Britain is frightened, but I think it is worse than most people imagine.
Just the word “Islam” evokes fear in the majority of the people I meet,
and this is amplified upon mention of “Mohammed cartoons”. There is a
tangible uneasiness, an anxiety around violence and death – in people’s
minds these shift from possibility to probability upon mention of a
Mohammed cartoon, and that can be rather sobering. Fear is controlling
our society where Islam is concerned, and it was fear that got this
exhibit cancelled.
Absurdly, people are almost as frightened
of being called a racist, or being associated with someone who was once
called racist, as they are of physical violence. We saw again throughout
this process that even those who pretend to argue for free speech draw a
line at anyone who talks about race. Leftist activists will say what
they have said throughout; free speech for all, except him.
Some of the attacks aimed at us (from
those who ought to support us) were allegedly made because of Paul
Weston’s planned presence at the event. Weston is the leader of the
Liberty GB political party. He has made some speeches about the future
of white people, and according to those who set the rules, this is a
step too far. The demographic-that-cannot-be-named was named, and this
was more than enough to cancel Weston’s speaking rights thenceforth
(though of course if it hadn’t been Weston, it would’ve been Wilders).
This brings me to point two.
We’re no longer in a place where we risk losing our freedom;…
Correct, Brits freedom is gone. As it is slipping away in the U.S. too.
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