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Originally Posted by Mad Mel
Apparently not if it involves putting up a cross.
Context is important, it's not as simple as free speech. Holland is a very liberal country, and values free speech. It also was occupied by the Nazis for over four years, through which my family endured difficult experiences. What happened to Jewish people was real. It isn't exaggerated. A cartoon like that is 1000x more offensive to the Dutch - even the non-Jewish ones - than any cross is to any atheist.
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I still believe that free speech is free speech. That said, those who make free speech that is discriminatory, hostile, and offensive, or harmful need to be countered by our own free speech telling those who believe in such things just how ignorant they are.