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Scandinavian Socialism

Bergslagstroll said:
Oppression against minorities is a real threat and problem in western countries. Including USA with almost hundred years of enslavement and after that almost hundred years of segregation. You also have the holocaust as the extreme example how the horrific consequences of hate propaganda against minorities. Therefor have many countries have laws against public hate speech. While at the same time you can of course can say what you want in private conversations.

While at the same time you can for example can publicly criticize Islam just that you can’t say things like all people from a minority should die or that all people from a minority are criminals in public speeches. While at the same time Sweden have more free speech in other areas. Like for example only individuals can sue for defamation so journalist and bloggers can’t be sued by big corporations in Sweden.

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No, you can not publicly criticize Islam in those countries. Its literally illegal to degrade religion.
 
jonny5 said:
No, you can not publicly criticize Islam in those countries. Its literally illegal to degrade religion.
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Yes some countries in Europe still have conservative blasphemy law, but they can be rarely used like for example in Denmark the law has only led to convictions twice, in 1938 and in 1946. Still I think it's good that many countries like Sweden doesn't have those conservative blasphemy laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law

There are also greater treaths to freedom of speech in Europe like for example the rise of far right parties. For example Hungary have under the far right Orban goverment fallen to 71 place on the World Press Freedom Index.

https://rsf.org/en/hungary

You have also the polish foreign minister defending new restrictive media laws because the Polish people need to be protected from those 'dangereus' bicyclist and vegetarians.

http://www.economist.com/news/europ...adcaster-polandu2019s-new-government-dislikes
 
Bergslagstroll said:
Yes some countries in Europe still have conservative blasphemy law, but they can be rarely used like for example in Denmark the law has only led to convictions twice, in 1938 and in 1946. Still I think it's good that many countries like Sweden doesn't have those conservative blasphemy laws.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasphemy_law

There are also greater treaths to freedom of speech in Europe like for example the rise of far right parties. For example Hungary have under the far right Orban goverment fallen to 71 place on the World Press Freedom Index.

https://rsf.org/en/hungary

You have also the polish foreign minister defending new restrictive media laws because the Polish people need to be protected from those 'dangereus' bicyclist and vegetarians.

http://www.economist.com/news/europ...adcaster-polandu2019s-new-government-dislikes
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All the more reason to have strong protection of individual rights, a well armed populace, and a decentralized society.
 
jonny5 said:
All the more reason to have strong protection of individual rights, a well armed populace, and a decentralized society.
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Many countries like Sweden have been able to abolish conservative blasphemy laws without having a well-armed populace. Social democrats and liberals in many European countries was also able to accomplish a peaceful transition to democratic societies in the beginning of the 20th century without a well-armed populace.

Also, I don’t believe a well-armed populace is a good or effective way to deal with the rise of far-right parties and politicians. Instead I think you must reverse the last couple of decades of neo liberal policies. That limiting government and free market policies have failed and instead lead to more insecurity and division that fuel the support for far-right parties and politicians.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
Many countries like Sweden have been able to abolish conservative blasphemy laws without having a well-armed populace. Social democrats and liberals in many European countries was also able to accomplish a peaceful transition to democratic societies in the beginning of the 20th century without a well-armed populace.

Also, I don’t believe a well-armed populace is a good or effective way to deal with the rise of far-right parties and politicians. Instead I think you must reverse the last couple of decades of neo liberal policies. That limiting government and free market policies have failed and instead lead to more insecurity and division that fuel the support for far-right parties and politicians.
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Im more worried about the rise of far left parties and politicians.
 
Bergslagstroll said:
That limiting government and free market policies have failed and instead lead to more insecurity and division that fuel the support for far-right parties and politicians.
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So, we can protect against tyrannical government... by not limiting government? Did I read that right?
 
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