Would you not think that in all of the media hysteria over Canada’s barring of British MP George Galloway, a relevant fact is that Galloway led a campaign to bar uber-right-wing French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen from the U.K. in 2004?
Galloway argued, without success, that for the British government to allow in Le Pen would be “siding with the neo-Nazi far-right against multicultural Britain.”
He added: “Le Pen should not be allowed to set foot onto British soil at any time.”
That’s relevant, indeed it’s crucial information, because it tells us George Galloway, far from being a defender of free speech, is a defender of free speech for George Galloway, which is entirely different.
Indeed, ideologues of the left, like Galloway, and those of the right, typically end up in the same place on free speech. They’re all in favour—for themselves. For others? Not so much. …
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