“Unfortunately, we made a mistake here and a non-final working version was published.”
Ever notice how these “mistakes” all go in the same direction?
“Revealed: An advisory board of a German ministry wants to eliminate freedom of the press, among other things, in order to criminalise criticism of Islam,” Medforth, July 14, 2021:
An advisory board in the German Ministry of Economics called “Junge Digitale Wirtschaft” (Young Digital Economy) would like to have a clear set of rules on the desired reporting in the manner of authoritarian states. Ultimately, they are only claiming for themselves what has long been decided by the EU.
For example, EU Council Decision 913-II of 2008 is pleased to note that “considerations relating to freedom of association and freedom of expression, in particular freedom of the press and freedom of expression in other media … have led to procedural safeguards in many Member States as well as to the inclusion in national law of specific provisions to establish or limit liability”.
In its fight against “racism and xenophobia”, which the EU Council also understands to mean the rejection of so-called religions as “world views” (specifically Islam, without naming it), the Council demands that EU member states threaten corresponding “acts” defined as racist or xenophobic in the Council’s sense by those politically responsible “with effective, proportionate and dissuasive criminal sanctions”. This should go so far as to permanently ban legal persons from trading or even place them under “judicial supervision”.
How thin the ice of freedom is with such demands justified by the fight against racism becomes clear when one looks, for example, at the German chief lobbyist of Islam. For some time now, Aiman Mazyek has been demanding that any criticism of the early medieval philosophy of imperialism called Islam be banned as racism – which could ultimately even mean that publishing academics would be threatened with a ban on practising their profession. And the mag TE, as a medium, is also threatened with “dissuasive criminal sanctions” in the sense of the EU decision, because the EU Council has decided that “publicly condoning, denying or grossly trivialising genocide” also constitutes a racist crime – just recently we reported on the governmental nonsense of officially declaring a war crime of 1904 to be genocide. This sentence alone can then be claimed by interested circles as “denial of genocide” according to EU policy – and the EU’s official sanction mechanisms take effect.
In short, the StartUp Advisory Board has only echoed a mood that has long been established by the EU and state-loyal media. He just did it at the wrong time – two months before elections to the German Parliament, such an obvious demand for state censorship and a state ban on publication does not work well.
In short, the StartUp Advisory Board has only echoed a mood that has long been established by the EU and state-loyal media. He just did it at the wrong time – two months before elections to the German Parliament, such an obvious demand for state censorship and a state ban on publication does not work well. Economics Minister Altmaier, whose twitterers, aware of their apparently anti-freedom mood in the ministry, quickly published the advisory board’s letter without comment, quickly pulled out all the stops when even the German Journalists’ Association (DJV), which is by all means pro-censorship against allegedly right-wing ideas, complained and had the letter removed from the ministry’s account. But the internet does not forget – for example, here is a screenshot of the advisory request:
In sackcloth and ashes now go the members of the advisory council of that dubious interest group who, as lobbyists, have direct access to the minister. Advisory council member Miriam Wohlfarth stated, according to the magazine Spiegel: “Without reservation, the advisory council professes its support for freedom of the press. Unfortunately, we made a mistake here and a non-final working version was published. We will replace the paper immediately.”….
Hoi Polloi says
“Ever notice how these “mistakes” all go in the same direction?” And, “ He just did it at the wrong time – two months before elections.”
Read your future and weep because that says it all.
william says
This the first thing Hitler did when he took power, Abolished press freedom (not that I am a big fan of todays’ press) The papers were allowed to continue but they could only print what Dr. Goebbels permitted or ‘suggested’ for them to print. Otherwise they were closed down quite quickly
Hoi Polloi says
Gateway Pundit is reporting that Arizona State Senator Michelle Ugenti Rita falsely claimed that their reporter, Jordan Conradson, was harassing her. She had him arrested, detained, and banned from the venue. That is a repeat of the era of history that you are reminding us is now repeating itself. I’m also reminded of the article here detailing German government demands that the three women murdered by the muslim knifer just days ago neither be discussed nor remembered, rather they demand that the women be sharia-disappeared.
Johnny B says
Unfortunately, I have no way of proving it at the moment, but I have become a so called targeted individual after having been very critical of Islam online and preparing to launch a few blog sites regarding this issue. I’m also in the process of writing a book about it. I don’t know how directly involved the Danish government is in all this, but I have no doubt they’re aware of it, because it involves so many people. It all started a couple of years back and I’m not crazy or anything like that. I know there are some crazy videos online about being targeted, but this is a very real and extremely strange phenomenon, especially after having grown up in a country you believed to be an open and free society; the anti-thesis to all the authoritarian regimes around the world. It’s not the reality here any more, however, far from it. It’s actually mind-boggling how this thing works and I could try and explain it, but you really have to experience it in order to believe and understand it. But you can rest assured, it’s very real. But there’s no way I’m going to cower away.
Maureen Chaloner says
Good for you.Don’t let the bastards win…
Johnny B says
Thanks, Maureen,
Actually, they already lost but haven’t realized it yet 🙂 I don’t want this to be about me at all, I’m just afraid Europeans in general are too confident that they’re living in so called open and free societies where they can do and say what they want unless they call for violence or try to smear someone’s name an reputation. I think we’re moving in the opposite direction at 100 miles an hour now. Once the government – and governmental institutions that are basically above the law – believe they represent the “truth” and everything good and decide they can do with specific citizens what they want they’re entering a very slippery slope and anyone can be next really..
gravenimage says
Can you safely provide more details, Johnny?
LB says
And here I thought Denmark was the least compromised Western European country. Looks like the globalists have been very thorough in their subversion of Western Civilization but we just couldn’t see it all.
Hoi Polloi says
Brave of you, JB.
Fred Alan Medforth says
Senior German diplomat lauds “Palestinian Israel hater with the highest of praises
More:
https://medforth.biz/senior-german-diplomat-lauds-palestinian-israel-hater-with-the-highest-of-praises/
gravenimage says
Sickening Fred. Thanks for the link.
Walter Sieruk says
In Germany its Economics advisory board now wants to criminalize all criticism of Islam , as if that is within the scope of that boards business.
Nevertheless this reveals to important thing that should become known.
First, this shows the creeping insidious influence and power of Islam in a Western nation . This advancement subversion in a country in a nation of the West is called the”stealth jihad.” This Islamic gradualism for Sharia law type governmental goals not only is an example of Muslim activism in Germany but also serve a a warning to the other countries of Europe of the Islamic agenda by the stealth jihadists who seek to advance Islam with its Sharia law nations of the West.
Second, this Muslim/ stealth jihadist agenda for Germany as well as other countries of Europe to criminalize criticism of Islam is still further evidence that Islam is a very weak and fragile religion that it can’t stand up to or hold up to criticism of any type . That’s the reason why they want to to make it illegal to criticize Islam. However mild that criticism might be.
Vito E says
A bit confused, if Aiman Mazyek gets his way, based on his own statement: “Aiman Mazyek has been demanding that any criticism of the early medieval philosophy of imperialism called Islam be banned as racism” – would that not mean any criticism of the quran, quoting of quran or hadith by infidels could be deemed racist, even though islam is not a race? If a devout muslim goes to war for the sake of allah and provokes the believers as written in Quran Chap4 v84, that could be a crime under Germany’s new fascist rulings (and UN Resolution 16/18)?
Germany hasn’t learned a darn thing in 80+ yrs. Wasn’t there a guy named Adolph who invoked censorship & controlled the media?
gravenimage says
Germany: Economics Ministry advisory board wants to eliminate freedom of the press, criminalize criticism of Islam
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*Just terrifying*.
More:
In its fight against “racism and xenophobia”, which the EU Council also understands to mean the rejection of so-called religions as “world views” (specifically Islam, without naming it)
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What does this even mean? That no one can say anything critical of Islam? Or does it go even further and mean that no one can “reject”–i.e., refuse to convert to Islam?
And you get the impression from this article that Aiman Mazyek is some sort of clueless dhimmi–but he is not. He is head of Central Council of Muslims in Germany .He rejected the “Prevention Summit” aimed at combating Jihad terror with the help of the Muslim commuity.
Note that he was angry over the Pulse Night Club shooting–not over the massacre itself, mind you, but at the media that dared to note that Omar Matteen was Muslim.
Chrissie01 says
if you dig a bit deeper, most of it is funded by Soros et al.
gravenimage says
Chrissie, I am no fan of Soros–but do you have evidence that he is funding the EU Council and the Central Council of Muslims in Germany?
Jim says
Well now, I guess it is still legal to criticize the USA. So at least some freedom of speech is protected.
libertyORdeath says
We need to keep fighting to preserve this freedom AND assist our brothers and sisters in Europe in their fight however we can. It will be much easier to force this on Americans if Europe goes down without a fight.
OLD GUY says
Just insane allowing a group of islamics to dominate your population. Open borders allows your enemy to take your home, belongings and life without your government leaders lifting a finger. They foolishly think that they will remain in power and their lives won’t be effected, WRONG.