A
Canadian Muslim has put ‘free speech’ to the test via Twitter by joking
about 9/11 and the Holocaust. He is now the subject of a police
investigation.
Jerry
Reddick took to Twitter yesterday to experiment how far he could take
freedom of expression. He tweeted “Let’s test just how free freedom of
speech is when it’s not Muslims being disrespected.” This was followed
by a series of offensive tweets which were made the same taste as
Charlie Hebdo material.
What followed was a series of tweets which were undoubtedly offensive
but for many wouldn’t be construed as any more odious than material
published by Charlie Hebdo.
They say the best cooked Jews can be found in Poland and Germany where the ovens are made from the best clay.#Freedomofspeech? — Dawgfather PHD (@dawgfatherphd) January 14, 2015
In 2001 I thought Americans could fly by the way they were jumping from the twin towers in New York.#FreedomofspeechMUHAMMAD — Dawgfather PHD (@dawgfatherphd) January 14, 2015
Hitler
asked his people, "How do you like your Jews"? Well done with a bagel
and a kosher pickle. Freedom of speech goes both ways #Muhammad — Dawgfather PHD (@dawgfatherphd) January 14, 2015
If
I made a cartoon about Hitler and some Jews going into a oven; would it
be accepted like the cartoon of Muhammad as free speech? — Dawgfather PHD (@dawgfatherphd) January 14, 2015
Within hours of sending out the tweets, Reddick's Twitter account was deleted and is now under investigation by the authorities.
Infowars.com reports:
- Within hours of sending out the tweets, Reddick was reported to Halifax police and is now under investigation by authorities.
- “I know you didn’t think freedom to insult worked both ways,” wrote Reddick, adding, “My point about free speech being limited was made loud and clear!”
- Reddick’s free speech experiment seems to confirm that making offensive jokes about Muslims is acceptable under the banner of free speech, but insulting Jews or victims of terror attacks or crimes against humanity is not.
- Many would say this highlights hypocrisy, whereas others would point out that the consequences of making jokes about Jews – criminal investigation – is far less severe than the punishment metered out by Islamic extremists to the publishers of Charlie Hebdo in Paris last week.
- The main point of contention seems to be whether or not it represents an act of hate speech to ridicule a crime against humanity, which in countries like France is illegal, rather than a religion itself. In Canada, people have been charged with anti-Semitism despite it being acknowledged that this was an infringement on their free speech rights.
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