Press spokesman for the Swedish police Ola Osterling was quoted by local media as saying that “Sweden’s constitutional laws give strong protection and you need to judge that the value of being able to demonstrate and freedom of expression is extremely important”, while Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom said that it would be “extremely improper” of him to stop people from burning the Quran. These official statements confirm that Islamophobic hate speech is integral to Western values.
It would also be interesting to see how the "defenders of free speech" would react if I was waving a Russian flag in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Stockholm, cursing Zelensky. I can't see Billstrom rushing to my defense when the cops dragged me away.
It would also be interesting to see how the "defenders of free speech" would react if I was waving a Russian flag in front of the Ukrainian embassy in Stockholm, cursing Zelensky. I can't see Billstrom rushing to my defense when the cops dragged me away.
We need freedom from religion. Not freedom of religion.
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