Coincidentally, Speakers Corner was just a clue on Jeopardy. Coincidentally, leftist politicians in Europe haven’t a clue.
“Thousands gathered in London’s Hyde Park, at the famed “Speakers Corner” to hear jailed Austrian patriot and freedom fighter, Martin Sellner’s speech read by Tommy Robinson.
Sellner was blocked from entry into the UK because of his political views...
[excerpts from Sellner’s speech]
‘…My last refuge was Speakers’ Corner. I remembered my mother telling me about that special place when I was a child. It seemed almost magical to me. A place where everyone, without exception, could just stand on a box and start to speak to those who wanted to listen. I have always loved this tradition of Speakers’ Corner, which seemed very British to me.
But I came only to see that this tradition — the tradition of freedom of speech in the United Kingdom — is dead.
Your Country is blocking you from challenging ideas from the outside. This is a disgrace to our democracy!
I should be speaking in neat, warm a conference room right now, and you should be sitting in comfortable chairs. Instead, I’m in my cell and you are on the street in a standoff with the enemies of freedom of speech...
And let me tell you: your politicians have no plan, no vision and no idea how to deal with the problems that come along. Problems like you have seen in Telford, Rotherham, and on Westminster Bridge.
All across Europe, there is a shadow hanging over our heads. The French are whispering about in the Metro, the Germans murmuring about it when they feel unwatched, Italians look left and right, and if nobody is listening they tell you: “I don’t feel at home anymore in my street. We are becoming foreigners in our own country.”
And again and again I hear: “We are not allowed to talk about it...’ “
ht/ as predicted long ago
Who knew Britain had a free speech zone. Is it one big university? At least politically it would seem so.
If the British male population gave as much of a shit about their country as they do about soccer and getting drunk things would be much better off there.
I’m not convinced we are that far behind them. If Hillary were elected we would probably be there already. If the swamp figures out away to get rid of Trump it’ll be the end.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/20/at-least-1-hurt-in-new-reported-package-explosion-in-southwestern-austin.html The third one today.
Value our Constitution folks! Preserve it for our children or we will sentence them to 1000 years of darkness! A very good man said something like this over a half century ago and all we have to do is look at Europe today to see how right he was!
Value your brave. Rally behind them.
I’ve wanted to build the same kind of box in my little town. Freedom of speech requires people willing to speak.
A must read.
Speaker’s corner action can be found on YouTube easily. It’s just an open space, not a facility or a managed anything.
I ran across it while watching a Canadian street preacher’s videos. The interactions with muslims at Speaker’s Corner was well worth watching, IMO.