Tolerance for intolerant

Submitted by Nazim Cairo (Germany), Jul 30, 2013 at 15:36

Unbelievable and illiberal disregard for essence of democracy, ... What if one of the 70 people gunned down in cold blood yesterday was your friend and family. Will you not seek fair hearing for those Ikhwan accused of crimes , will you not try to attain justice for tortured and jailed of whatever persuasion. Your example does not hold water - communist parties and fascist parties are operating in a framework of democracy, unless they move from hate speech to action they should be tolerated. Tolerance for intolerant is essential in democracy, when you yourselves probably first defenders of Anti-islamic hate speech (e.g cartoons), it is good to be consistent. This is about your Western principles ...

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