This is a British TV documentary intended to smear Icke by parroting the baseless ADL claim that when he says 'lizards' he refers to Jews. I think the ADL and the left wing fascist book burners come off much, much worse here. Take a look. What do you think?
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5
Icke was/is right about a lot of things, ya know. As I say, is he a crazy genius or just crazy? I tend toward the former.
Little side note re part 2: I think it's fantastic that Jones and Icke started to unite and not in-fight a few years ago. I am not one of those who believes either of these figures to be a 'shill', they just have different opinions and ways of reaching people. And they are flawed average human beings in fairly difficult circumstances that would drive many others insane. I'll have to write about my views on Jones soon enough...
As for the racists and neo-Nazis, well they're always going to be around, much like racist black people or for that matter racist Zionist Jews or racist Nazi Germans or racist Fundamentalist Islamists. The agenda of groups like the ADL has nothing to do with stopping racism and everything to do with setting a precedent to crush free speech.
1. Ban freedom of expression for Nazis, Holocaust Deniers etc.
2. Equate every other dissenting view that exists with Nazism and Holocaust Denial. (maybe make them wear little yellow stars?)
3. EnDgAmE Nazi Style Thought-Police State.
"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for those we disagree with, we don't believe in it at all" (that includes Holocaust Deniers who are currently imprisoned, by the way, or do your principles not apply to everyone?)
If you want to hear more of Icke's actual views, not what some anti-free speech cranks think are his views, see his (7hrs long) presentation here. Perhaps have some kind of drinking game - drink every time he mentions 'Jews'. Guarantee you'll finish sobre. And perhaps a little more aware of...many things. (That thing took me a week to get through, lol)
I blogged on the SDL/EDL demo in Edinburgh that saw folks turned back on the trains and motorways while those that made it there were corralled in a bar and then put on buses and shipped out of town. The Scotland United counter demo was, meanwhile, allowed to proceed unmolested. Those Scots who responded thought this was good and I was bad for giving them any attention.
ReplyDeleteThe concept of democracy and freedom seems to be misunderstood in Scotland (and England). If folks accept that it is legitimate to shut up those we disagree with it won't be long before we are being shut up as well.
Yes, they don't see that the definition of 'hate speech' is very malleable.
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