Geert Wilders makes it to the House of Lords
March 5th, 2010

Finally, Geert Wilders, outspoken Dutch MP and wild-haired critic of Islam, made it into England and to the House of Lords where his film Fitna was screened. His speech to the peerage can be read here.
Ladies and gentlemen, not far from here stands a statue of the greatest Prime Minister your country ever had. And I would like to quote him here today: “Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. No stronger retrograde force exists in the World. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step (…) the civilization of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilization of ancient Rome.” These words are from none other than Winston Churchill wrote this in his book ‘The River War’ from 1899.
Wilders isn’t the bigot that people make him out to be. He’s simply calling out a hypocrisy in the Netherlands that makes it ok to ban books like Mein Kampf, but not the Koran, which is even more vitriolic toward Jews. He has chutzpah, and a massive following in the Netherlands and around the world. Unless some crazed jihadi takes it upon himself to assassinate him in the near future, Wilders is poised to become the next prime minister of the Netherlands.
If you want to wear the smokin’ hawt t-shirt that you see on Wilders, you can order one here. The text reads “When you laugh you are not afraid. When youa re not afraid you are free.“
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