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Originally Posted by blankall
I don't think it's just about dealing with large groups of people abroad. There were plenty of groups within the UK preaching some very violent and hateful ideologies. It's one thing to promote Sharia law or state that Islam is the best religion. It's another to hold up a placard that directly promotes violence towards those who oppose you.
This stuff wasn't just going on abroad or in the "Muslim world". It is going on within the UK and many parts of Europe. I don't understand how you don't end up in jail for stating that someone who disagrees with you should be murdered. This is 100% the result of Political Correctness gone wrong.
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Sometimes it's about political correctness and sometimes it's about maintaining an open society. Has to be case-by-case in any situation where multiple liberal values are at odds with one another (free speech vs. inciting violence), and that's why it's very thorny.
Despite the preaching, and despite the hate, the number of Muslims committing horrible acts remains statistically very low across the Western world. It's just not an easy thing to balance competing ideals. And history has definitely taught us that limiting liberal ideals even for good reasons often has very unfortunate outcomes.