Swedish MP Facing Criminal Charges for Reposting Satirical Cartoons against mass migration
(europeanconservative.com)
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They've given the principle lip service since the first French revolution, when they were also ignoring that same principle whenever it got in the way of chopping heads off. Post-enlightenment Europe never really took it seriously like we or the ancient Athenians did. They have rights on paper, but it tends not to end well when they try to exercise them.
It's crazy how forward thinking the founding fathers were. Yes they were not perfect and should have phrased a few things differently, but what powerful statement of faith in the people the American constitution is.
They don't really have anything equivalent to the first amendment.
Most European born simply don't understand that. For them, it's normal to put someone in jail because one said something "islamophobic" or antisemitic, which I might not agree with, but nobody should go to jail for that, as it happened in France for instance (Alain Soral). These Europeans don't understand that, by the very same principle, it's their own speech and opinion that one day could be deemed illegal.