Progressive Government, Islamists and Freedom of Speech

In 2006 the Western Standard, edited by Ezra Levant, published the Muhammed cartoons. Mr. Levant did this as an affirmation of his right of free speech as a Canadian citizen. He published the cartoons as an act of defiance against the intolerant Islamists who had threatened violence against any media outlet that dared to insult their prophet. He did this because so many media outlets in the western world chose to appease the violent Islamists, rather than stand up for their rights. He did this to oppose the de facto imposition of sharia law on Canadian citizens.

Ezra Levant publicly debated his actions with a Saudi Islamist imam named Syed Soharwardy. Levant wiped the floor with the imam; showing him for the intolerant, grievance-mongering bigot he is. Following his embarrassing performance, Soharwardy did what every Islamist living in a western nation does. He used the laws of his adopted home in an attempt to silence his critic. Soharwardy filed a complaint against Ezra Levant with the Alberta Human Rights Commission; a kangaroo court used to compel acceptance of liberal multiculturalism ideology on Canadians.

What followed in Levant's fight against the Alberta HRC complaint was one of the most impassioned defenses of the freedom of speech I have seen in recent memory. Watch these clips of Ezra Levant during a hearing before the HRC, as he explains the true meaning of freedom of speech to a government drone who is trying to compel him to issue an apology to the Islamist, Soharwardy.

This should be everybody's response to Islamists who try to impose their values, culture and sharia law on us. They have come to OUR countries. Why? I assume to escape the 7th Century craphole they came from. They are looking to escape the tyranny, poverty and absence of opportunity that plagued their homelands. Newsflash; your Islamic homeland was a craphole in large part because your religion kept you mired in the 7th Century. Don't come to our civilized nations and expect us to change our culture to accommodate you. You want a glorious Islamic caliphate? Fine. Stay in Syria. Don't bring it here and don't expect us to change for you.