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“Unless you believe in freedom of speech
for those you find loathesome,
you don’t believe in freedom of speech at all.”
~ Mark Steyn, 2008
~ STEYN: THE CANADIAN ISLAMIC CONGRESS vs MACLEAN’S— CHOOSE YOUR CANADA.. “Nellies? Or benders for toonies? Plus Round One of Free Speech Survivor, a novel argument and “Come and get me, you fairies.” And via NROTC on Ezra: “The tyranny of the administrative state” …. (steynonline, nrotc)
~ LORNE GUNTHER: Alberta’s gauntlet of bias…. (nationalpost.)
~ THE SHAIDLE: David Warren on being called names by total strangers; and “It takes a great deal of courage to say this”; then “LawIsCool progressives think “gay” = “wimp” …. (5fof)
~ SOCON.CA— How a Jew saved Christians …. (socon.ca)
~ THE FACEBOOK GROUP “Ezra Levant is a piece of s**t JEW” has been taken offline …. (sda)
~ MORE STEYN— “It has to be said, since this business with the Canadian thought police got going, that not all my “defenders” are as full-throated as one might wish”; and “Ezra Levant’s magnificent performance before “human rights agent” Shirlene McGovern has raised the bar for the rest of us ensnared by this grotesque system” …. (steynonline)
~ WORD TO the Nellies– recent comments (imagine that!) permitted at LawCoolis …. (lawiscool)
~ SHOTGUN BLOG: A Tale of Two Cities– “Like Mark Steyn, Ezra Levant is on trial for telling the truth. They are being attacked for defending our civilization…. We are besieged. Our most sacred rights are under attack. Enemies wish to deprive us of our liberty – indeed, have already deprived us of many liberties by declaring certain thoughts to be proscribed and declaring arbitrary punishments for them” …. (shotgun)
~ SHAIDLE— “Canada is no longer an Anglo-Saxon nation”; “I’d actually accept “legitimate (and seemingly necessary) state censorship…” instead of this stuff …. (5fof, lawiscool)
Fresh Ez: How does the commission make decisons?
~ THOSE RASCALLY QUAKERS & FACEBOOK: Join in the fun over at Small Dead Animals over ♫ Ezra, The POS Jew ♫ (sounds like a cartoon character, doesn’t it?) …. (fivefeetoffury, sda)
~ EZRA’S OPPONENT Syed Soharwardy: “Calgary imam not Saudi-trained, but still radical” …. (magicstatistics)
~ “THIS IS HOW MOST CANADIANS WANT THINGS TO BE”: Gabriel Malor on the foreigners next door …. (malor)
~ DEFIANT Le
vant republishes cartoons …. (nationalpost)
~ JAY CURRIE— “Is the Horse Dead Yet?” …. (jaycurrie)
~ THEY™ ARE ALL OUT TO GET US! “What does the Diocese of San Joaquin have to do with Mark Steyn?” …. (magistats)
~ REALITY-CHECK: “The last house of worship torched in Edmonton was my synagogue”; and Ez via SDA: ‘He’s dead, by the way”; WizBang has the vids …. (Various)
~ LINK BYFIELD— Ground down: ‘Human rights industry’ picks targets carefully …. (canoe.ca)
~ EZRA’S YOUTUBE video page …. (youtube)
~ HOT AIR: Canada’s Star Chamber quizzes Ezra Levant over the Mohammed cartoons. Alberta Human Rights Commission Called a “Judge Judy” Kangaroo Court …. (hotair.com, downtowneastsideenquirer.blog)
~ BIGCITYLIB— “Ezra Levant: I’m Out Of Order? You’re Out Of Order! This Whole Damn COUNTRY Is Out Of Order!”; Noxious Fruits: Ezra Levant Vs. Sunera Thobani …. (bigcitylib.blog)
~ WERNER PATELS: How not to build bridges– Freedom of expression is one thing; inflaming and radicalizing an entire group quite another …. (agoravox.com)
~ C’MON, YOU HOSERS. Stand up for freedom, eh? Ezra Levant Tries to Separate Mosque From State in Canada…. (transterrestrial, moonbattery)
~ REMEMBER: THIS IS PART 97 of the Cartoon Inquisition …. (reason.com)
~ LETTER TO THE EDS: Tribunal needs scrutiny …. (canada.com)
A Swift Sunrise 