| | William Dwyer: The government of France has lost whatever decency and common sense it once possessed -- if, in fact, it ever did possess it!
You can blame "the government" but France is a democrative republic in good working order. This was not an autocratic mandate from the top down. Moreover, Ms. Bardot was not pursued through the streets of Paris by gendarmes -- loo-lee loo-lee loo-lee, the "Anne Frank" sound effects sirens...
You say that the KKK could sue under such a law. We do have "hate speech" laws and similar rules within institutions and organizations. However -- and this the point -- the insulted party must bring a complaint.
The Muslim activists in France (and Canada) use the law because the law is there. You could use it as well the next time some liberal snarks capitalism. The thing is though that we do not -- and by "we" I must include the God-Guns-Gold pinheads along with the rational right. Generally, "we" do not approve of government actions. More or less "we" prefer that people work out their own problems on their own terms. Even the KKK would be pretty much willing to let African Americans do whatever they want as long as they do it away from white people. That is not the view of the equal and opposite Left which will not let anyone get away with anything "unjust." Sadness would be unlawful if that were possible -- and excessive laughter as well, no doubt.
So, if you want to use the laws, they are there for you. But you will not use them. So, your enemies have the gun of the state and you do not.
The solution, of course, is to repeal the laws. In France, the US, UK, etc., that is always an option. The problem, again, is that those who would do so have "better things to do." With only 24 hours in a day, you can spend your time making money or enjoying slack time or else you can get involved in government.
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