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Richard Herrnstein, one of the authors of the Bell Curve was Jewish. Being high IQ people Jews will be represented on both sides of every high stakes intellectual controversy.

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Paludan was convicted for racism in Denmark:

Paludan makes reference to “most negroes [Danish: negere, ed.] in South Africa” and people of low IQ (under 70). Referencing South African governing party ANC, the Danish party leader implies black citizens are incapable of governing South Africa due to low intelligence.

https://www.thelocal.dk/20190705/high-court-upholds-racism-sentence-against-danish-politician/

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Good find. His phrasing was a bit more inflammatory, but the meanings and implications are about the same.

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This is the problem with countries that do not codify free speech in the country's constitution. In the US, there's no such thing as being convicted of "racism.". You can get fired, you can get cancelled, but you cannot be convicted of a crime for talking or writing anything about race.

Even Nazis have the right to march (if they get a permit first).

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Denmark has free speech in the constitution (censorship is forbidden). But the courts interpret it narrowly, so it doesn't get the maximalist utility as it does in the USA. USA's free speech 'law' is the only country where the court used legal activism to actually do something good.

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What about the case against Paludan for saying South Africans had a low IQ?

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Yes, I linked to an article about it in my comment.

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Added to the post.

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The prosecutor's mugshot is the stuff of nightmares. A more powerful visual demonstration of the civilizational catastrophe of women's lib is hard to imagine.

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I didn't even try to pick a bad looking one.

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I thought it was Rachel Levine at first

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I shared the pic with a Swedish friend, and he said the same thing. My reply was that the difference is all in the expression. Levine's is suffused with a heavy-lidded sexually predatory stare. The Swedish prosectuorix is rather more reminiscent of the morally self-righteous church lady, determined that she will protect society from your bad influence for society's own good, whether society likes it or not.

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Seeing the recent direction of the political winds in Denmark and Sweden, are you more optimistic about the future?

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We're all the same species, and any differences in our brains are slight. Discussing those differences has the potential for evil outcomes, so even bringing up the subject has to be avoided.

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