A hatemonger exposed

Here's a great example of how hatemongers are often more interested in being martyred than actually being heard. Not surprising, since we all know what would happen should their blatherings be subjected to rational scrunity.

Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, who heads an anti-immigrant party, decided to make a short anti-Muslim film entitled 'Fitna' (strife). The purpose of the film was to argue that Islam was inherently violent and barbaric and to show the Koran as being fascist.

Mainstream Dutch channels refused to show the screed, which certainly played into the free speech martyr image that Wilders hoped for. An image that fit perfectly with the 'all Muslims want to silence criticism' thesis of his film.

But a Dutch Muslim broadcaster threw a curveball. It decided to call Wilders' bluff and offered to show Fitna unedited on its channel.

Wilders refused this wide exposure and released it on the internet.

In doing so, it exposed what many already knew. Wilders was nothing more than a cheap hatemonger who was more interested in pretending to be a victim than to advancing any kind of civilized dialogue.