Morten Messerschmidt, leader of the Danish People’s Party, in conversation with Tommy Robinson (right) in the Danish Parliament on April 1, 2023. Photo: Peder Jensen.
by Fjordman
On April 1, 2023, the English activist and author Tommy Robinson was on an official visit to the Free Press Society in Denmark.[1] This was not his first trip to Copenhagen.
In early 2020, Robinson was in Copenhagen to receive the Sappho Award from the Free Press Society.[2] They have also granted free speech awards to such individuals as Daniel Pipes, Ibn Warraq, Flemming Rose, Kurt Westergaard, Melanie Phillips, Mark Steyn, Thilo Sarrazin, Ezra Levant, Lars Vilks, Gunnar Sandelin, Roger Scruton, Douglas Murray and Dennis Prager.[3]
During his visits to the Free Press Society and the Danish Parliament, Robinson received a standing ovation in both 2020 and in 2023.[4] He is not used to such treatment in Britain.
A few individuals such as Tommy Robinson and the Dutch politician Geert Wilders have a natural charisma. You notice this when seeing them in real life. They do not resemble each other physically. Wilders is quite tall even for a northern European man. Robinson is not very tall, but he nevertheless has a strong personal presence. Both Robinson and Wilders have suffered death threats for years after criticizing Islam.
Robinson has repeatedly been thrown in prison by British authorities after truthfully exposing how Muslim rape gangs target white British girls in towns across the UK.[5] He is thus harassed for having committed ideological crimes. He has also been forced to share prison with many Muslims who have committed violent crimes or have Jihadist terrorist sympathies. This resembles the way Communist regimes sometimes put thought criminals in jail with real criminals.
Even when people openly threaten his children with violence or rape, this rarely has any consequences for the individuals behind these threats. Tommy himself is now divorced and nearly bankrupt after enduring years of such harassment.
Michael Pihl, the deputy leader of the Free Press Society, had his account on Facebook suspended in the spring of 2023 after writing about Tommy Robinson’s visit to Copenhagen.[6] This case is far from unique. Big Tech censorship among major technology companies is widespread. Robinson has been systematically shut out of nearly all Western social media platforms.
On Facebook, the censorship is so aggressive that you risk having your account locked for linking to articles that mention Tommy Robinson in a neutral or critical manner. Even Members of Parliament such Morten Messerschmidt, the leader of the Danish People’s Party, can experience such treatment. This is Stalinist censorship in the supposedly free Western world. Certain individuals are to be treated as non-persons. You are not allowed to even mention that they exist.
Tommy Robinson himself questions whether British authorities have the right to criticize the treatment of dissidents by the Chinese Communist Party or other oppressive regimes. The ruling elites in the UK employ disturbingly similar tactics to destroy Robinson or other dissenting voices whom they call “racists.”
Being labeled a “racist” in a Western country today is comparable to being labeled a “class traitor” in Communist societies. The accusation alone can be enough to destroy your life.
The French Jewish author and intellectual Alain Finkielkraut has noted that “I think that the lofty idea of [7]
In Copenhagen, Robinson showed a shocking video about the grotesque treatment he has received from the British establishment. The mass media and the courts contribute to this shameful farce alongside politicians. Tommy Robinson has talked about his experiences previously in his book Enemy of the State,[8] but his new documentary SILENC£D was updated to 2023.[9] The video was powerful and credible, but perhaps a bit too long. Shortening it would increase its impact. I told him that after the screening, and suspect that others may have done the same.
I feel a certain kinship with Tommy Robinson. Fortunately, I have not yet been thrown in prison, although some of my harshest critics have openly called for this because they hate my writings. In that regard, his story is worse than mine.
Yet we have both endured massive media campaigns directed against us personally after talking about politically sensitive subjects such as Islam and mass immigration.
To the American television host Tucker Carlson, Robinson revealed that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after his experiences.[10] I developed similar symptoms after the attacks in Norway in 2011, and it took me years to recover from this. My road to recovery includes possible permanent exile from the country of my birth.
One of the most renowned authors from Denmark was Hans Christian Andersen. He is especially remembered for his fairy tales such as “The Emperor’s New Clothes”. It is an enjoyable story. However, it does not quite fit reality today. In the tale by H.C. Andersen, a small child is the only person in the crowd brave enough to point out that the emperor is not wearing any clothes. Once the child has stated this truth in public, however, everybody else repeats it and starts laughing.
Unfortunately, this is not at all what happens to dissenting voices in the Western world today. If you point out inconvenient truths, the media and the authorities will definitely not laugh. They will viciously attack you and claim that you are an evil, dangerous, and hateful person spreading lies. The ruling elites will do everything in their power to destroy you personally. That way, they can scare others into quiet submission and keep the truth from being publicly acknowledged.
The number of subjects which Western citizens are not allowed to discuss freely keeps growing. They are no longer merely limited to immigration. The ruling elites define certain beliefs regarding transsexuals, coronavirus vaccines or alleged man-made climate change as the Truth. Once they have done so, dissenting views on these subjects are attacked and suppressed. As a result, the supposedly free Western world is getting less free every year.
Notes:
1. www.trykkefrihed.dk/morten-messerschmidt-on-tommy-robinsons-visit-to-the-danish-parliament.htm Morten Messerschmidt on Tommy Robinson’s visit to the Danish Parliament. April 10, 2023.
2. www.trykkefrihed.dk/with-the-award-of-the-sappho-award-tommy-robinson-the-free-press-society-is-once-again-positioning-itself-exactly-where-we-should-be.htm With the award of the Sappho Award, Tommy Robinson, the Free Press Society is once again positioning itself exactly where we should be. February 14, 2020.
3. www.trykkefrihed.dk/sapphoprisen.htm SAPPHO-PRISEN
4. www.trykkefrihed.dk/tommy-robinsons-besoeg-en-stor-succes.htm Tommy Robinsons besøg blev en stor succes. April 2, 2023.
5. www.trykkefrihed.dk/in-england-working-class-people-are-not-valued.htm In England working-class people are not valued. May 18, 2022.
6. www.trykkefrihed.dk/cui-bono.htm Cui bono? April 13, 2023. denkorteavis.dk/2023/tommy-robinson-og-den-traelbundne-ytringsfrihed/ Tommy Robinson og den trælbundne Ytringsfrihed. March 24, 2023.
7. www.haaretz.com/2005-11-17/ty-article/what-sort-of-frenchmen-are-they/0000017f-db3a-d3ff-a7ff-fbba14340000 What Sort of Frenchmen Are They? Nov 17, 2005.
8. The book Tommy Robinson Enemy of the State, from 2015.
9. The documentary SILENC£D was shown for the first time in the Danish Parliament on April 1, 2023.
10. www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/08/03/tommy-robinson-reveals-ptsd-diagnosis-to-tucker-carlson-was-put-in-cell-opposite-prison-mosque/ Tommy Robinson Reveals PTSD Diagnosis to Tucker Carlson, Was Put in Cell Opposite Prison Mosque. 3 Aug 2018.
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