Free speech wins huge victory in Canada

by Robert Spencer
Jihad Watch
September 2, 2009

https://www.legal-project.org/451/free-speech-wins-huge-victory-in-canada

Excerpt:

At issue here was not true hate speech -- racial slurs, etc. -- which are indefensible. Rather, the aim of such laws is to crush political dissent. The Organization of the Islamic Conference istrying to strong-arm Western nations into imposing hate speech laws that will restrict speech about Islam they don't like, including explorations of the motives and goals of jihad terrorists.

This was in Canada the law that snared Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn for anti-jihad statements. But now this ruling is a major setback for that effort, however, although all such a law would need in the U.S. would be an activist President without much attachment to free speech and five compliant Supreme Court justices. But that could never happen, now, could it?

"Hate speech laws violate constitution: Rights tribunal," from Canwest News Service, September 2 (thanks to all who sent this in):

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