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Dutch Hatemonger Geert Wilders Acquitted of Inciting Hatred

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(I Stand By What I Said Whatever It Was)6/23/2011 10:21:21 am PDT

No freedom of speech legislation ever is absolute. There are always limits to what you can legally say. Slander is legal in how many jurisdictions, for instance? I guess Wilders argument is that the Koran amounts to “fighting words”, i.e. a call to incite violence, while his own anti-Islam statements do not. Leaving aside whether he’s right or not, the legal arguments seem to be a lot more involved than he makes it out to be.