So giving a platform to proven enemies of free speech and democratic systems is supporting democracy and free speech?
this post was submitted on 17 Apr 2024
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It's a classic example of the Paradox of Tolerance...
This is the best summary I could come up with:
An international right-wing conference in Brussels has been allowed to go ahead on its second day after a ban by the local mayor was overturned.
Belgium's top administrative court said in an overnight ruling that the ban violated the country's constitutional right to peaceful assembly.
Brexiteer Nigel Farage, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and several other right-wing European politicians are attending the event.
His spokesperson said he believed cancelling events or preventing attendance and no-platforming speakers was "damaging to free speech and to democracy as a result".
The UK's Mr Farage, who spoke at the event on Tuesday morning, condemned the decision to shut it down as an attempt to stifle free speech.
About 100 people, including members of group called the "Antifascist co-ordination of Belgium", protested outside the Claridge venue where the conference was held on Tuesday evening.
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