this weekGeert Wilders the Dutch
anti-islam politician who looks rather
like a bleached blonde parrot and who
parrots lines from Donald Trump such as
make the netherlands great again great
like you know before there were Muslims
in fact geert Wilders was just ruled
guilty of inciting racial discrimination
against Dutch Moroccans the penalty none
in fact he's now the front-runner in the
race to be Prime Minister what was meant
as a slap on the wrist has turned into a
golden and shake now builders was at a
2014 campaign event where he asked a
group of supporters if they wanted more
Moroccans in the country mirror or fewer
mender and then he led the crowd
enchanting manner mander and in this
case it was before Donald Trump even
thought of that however was it really
worth compromising our freedom of speech
to say that builders was inciting hatred
I mean it's not like he was chanting
murder murder not leave something in the
tank for when he actually wins but it
must be said the character Builders has
it tough already ever since his
controversial statements on islam and
the subsequent death threats
Builders has been living in hiding under
constant protection rather like he's in
captivity and he's chosen to name his
political group the pay fait partie of
freedom
I mean starting a party called freedom
for hair builders it's rather like
George Bush starting a party called
mentally gifted but is builders wrong
for arguing that there should be fewer
fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands well
yes but only because the Dutch
specifically invited the Moroccans to
come here in the first place because of
a chronic labor shortage now as Dutch
families have fewer babies and society
as a whole gets older the Dutch call it
surprising or the graying and unless the
Dutch start doing the the only solution
is the Browning but hey there are a lot
of people who do agree with care
builders
do you know who some of them are
Moroccans I've talked to some experts
from Rocco's big cities like robots and
mother cash and the way they feel about
a lot of the workers coming over from
the small towns up in the hills
it's a lot like the way big city
Americans feel about gun waving
bible-thumping Americans from the
Appalachians or the way some educated
Dutch people feel about here builders
but should care builders have been ruled
guilty
I mean freedom of speech is important in
the Netherlands as is freedom of
religion now I live in the Netherlands
and I was even taking a course on how to
be Dutch and I learned a lesson called
the headscarf is a symbol of oppression
as I was sitting next to a group of
women in headscarves awkward we were in
the middle of the lesson when one of
these women raised her hand and she said
excuse please I'm from Turkey and when I
was growing up in Turkey it was very
secular society the headscarf was not
allowed in public you would get the big
punishment so when I came to the
Netherlands and I could wear my head
scarf in public for me the headscarf is
a symbol of liberation and the
instructor said no it's a symbol of
oppression so as long as you're trying
to get along and live here yes the
freedom of religion is very important
but if Karen builders is going to win
just say it's a symbol of oppression for
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