Intellectualismo!

Acres of print articles and blog entries have already been expended on the subject. Following the release of the notorious clip, a lot of I-may-not-like-what-you-say-but-I’ll-defend-to-the-death-your-right-to-say-it speeches have been flying around. Coming from his defenders as well as from Muslims who felt slighted yet ascribed it to one of those things that come with freedom of expression. Call me an anarchist but I won’t defend to the death the right for anyone to disseminate schism. Rather I believe freedom comes with checks and balances. In the first place one would be naive to believe freedom to be absolutely free.

I though Fitna was utter rubbish, lacking in substance and wholly inflammatory. Divorced from context the movie itself was a sardonic farce. It featured selected verses from the Qur’an interposed against horrific scenes of terror and violence. Whatever one would like to think, Mr. Wilders intentions leave little to be desired. He wasn’t merely expressing his freedom of expression. This was a decisive attempt to skew people’s perceptions towards the Qur’an; the Muslims Holy Book. Specifically to reify what the majority or peace-loving, well-meaning intellectuals have struggled to mend; the notion that Islam is synonymous with violence.

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