[lbo-talk] France's Marine Le Pen loses immunity as MEP

[Joseph Catron]

Leftists who cheer the criminalization of speech ignore the possibility
that the state might someday consider they, themselves, political threats
worthy of prosecution.

In the United States, this may be a reasonable omission on their part.

In France, at least, the use of speech codes to repress solidarity activism
and other left initiatives is already fairly advanced.

http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/michael-deas/trials-israel-boycott-activists-france-met-big-protests-international

On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 12:34 AM, Wojtek S <wsoko52 at gmail.com> wrote:


> The European Parliament has removed the immunity of the French far-right
> leader and MEP Marine Le Pen, paving the way for her prosecution in France.
>
> French prosecutors opened a case against Ms Le Pen in 2011 after she
> compared Muslims praying in the streets to the Nazi occupation of France.
>
> Ms Le Pen, leader of the National Front (FN), is accused of incitement to
> hatred and discrimination.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23142984
>
>
> [WS:] Good. No freedom of speech for nazi hate mongers.  I wish this
> country followed the lead and prosecuted hate agitators on talk show radio.
>
>
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> Wojtek
>
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