Foreign hate-mongers entering the country

Now this has been something of an issue being batted around at the moment since Geert Wilders and the crazy Rev Phelps have both recently been denied access to the country.

Now we could have an argument about freedom of speech

We could have a debate about whether local freedom of speech (protecting the rights of our citizens) means we have to let the world dump their crazies over here to mouth off

We can even have a debate about EU rights in the case of Geert Wilders.

However, these have been batted around already - I'm going to have an argument about the argument.



See, all of these arguments are being made now. Why now?

We have been refusing access of radical islamic preachers into the UK for years now. No-one cracked their teeth. We have DEPORTED radical and hateful islamic preachers for the venom they have spewed.

This is not a new thing. Keeping our foreign preachers of hate has been happening for some time now - only it never pinged anyone's radar then. It never concerned anyone then. It never made anyone splutter out outraged protestations of free speach and oppression etc. Why is that? It's not a matter of severity. Phelps is pretty up there when it comes to extreme hate speach



Because that's the thing kiddies. If you let in Geert Wilders spitting venom about muslims. If you let in Rev. Phelps inciting violence against gays. Then you are going to have to let in radical preachers who are going to be preaching hate against you and yours as well. It's both or neither here. Either you have freedom of speach or you don't. Either you refuse access to hate speakers or you don't.