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Cyrus Razavi wrote that the parade, which he had spent several months organizing, had been conducted with good attendance and in a peaceful and festive atmosphere. He assessed that the day was a success and thanked both the participants and those who had worked behind the scenes. According to Razavi, the follow vehicle, which was supposed to have speakers mounted, had been sabotaged. He wrote that individuals from the far left had stolen banners and cut the wires to the sound system near the stage close to Christiansborg while the organizers were at Kongens Nytorv. Razavi stated that the sound technician had been shocked but not physically assaulted, and that he had repaired the damage before the parade arrived. Despite what he described as attempts to sabotage the event and limit the participants' right to assemble and express themselves, both the parade and the program had been carried out, he wrote. #dkpol #dkmedier #ytringsfrihed #forsamlingsfrihed #deltagerdemokrati (translated)

The Baron of Øresund wrote that Sisse Marie Welling (SF), the mayor of Copenhagen, had said that the right-wing around the world in recent years had put democracy under pressure. He claimed that left-extreme rebels the same day set the town hall in Limoges on fire and looted the town hall in Marseille, and that left-extreme had also created fear in the streets around Copenhagen City Hall. #Demokrati #Venstrefløj #Højrefløj (translated)

Karen West wrote that she had lost respect for Copenhagen's mayor Sisse Marie We after a concern email, which she, according to West, had sent to TV 2 Kosmopol about today’s march for Denmark. West described the march as peaceful and claimed that the violence came from the far left, not from the participants in the march. She wrote that Danish Jews and their supporters had had to endure demonstrations with what she called more or less anti-Semitic slogans for three years. West called for an apology from the mayor and wrote that she had not participated herself but had followed the event through videos that she believed showed a peaceful march without ideologies. #København #antisemitisme #FredeligDemonstration (translated)

Caspar Stefani asked whether an action plan against left-wing extremism should be developed. He suggested, among other things, to enforce the ban on masks and urged the left to confront what he described as rotten apples within its ranks. #venstreekstremisme #politik #samfund (translated)

Peter Rasmussen shared scenes from Højbro Plads and wrote that the left wing there did what he described as typical left-wing things. He simultaneously asked when a right-wing demonstration had last been violent. #dkpol https://t.co/GEj54zBlkd #dkpol #demonstrationer #venstrefløj (translated)

The Baron of Øresund wrote that the demonstrations in Copenhagen the day after clearly showed, in his opinion, who constituted the democratic problem in Denmark. He described the right wing as marching with the Dannebrog and families with children, while he accused the left wing of standing for hatred, violence, and anti-democratic intentions. https://t.co/HJO4Nw1dhC #Demokrati #Danmark #Demonstration (translated)

Rasmus Munch Søndergaard wrote that Danish police, in his opinion, did not enforce the law uniformly. He claimed that political violence committed by the left was not being solved, and referred to masked demonstrators as dangerous left-wing extremists. He pointed to Section 134 b, subsection 1 of the Penal Code, which he stated prohibits face coverings at public meetings and gatherings when they can prevent identification. Søndergaard wrote that he had attempted to find the responsible incident commander to ask them to enforce the law, but that the officers would not or could not identify the leader. He criticized that, in his opinion, one could not rely on equal enforcement of the law in Denmark. #Danmark #PolitiskVold #Loven (translated)

Jotam Confino wrote that four parties had told B.T. that they expected the police to intervene in case of possible law violations during a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Copenhagen. According to Confino, B.T. had documented that several demonstrators openly celebrated Hamas and the massacre on October 7. The Social Democrats' political spokesman, Rasmus Stoklund, told B.T. that he only knew of the demonstration from the media coverage. He condemned the glorification of Hamas and the attack on October 7 and expected the authorities to intervene in case of law violations regarding masking or glorification of terror. The Conservatives' political spokesman, Frederik Mønster, said that a local branch of the Red-Green Alliance participated. He believed that it showed a problematic tendency on the far left to ally with terror sympathizers and anti-Semites and urged the Red-Green Alliance to strongly distance itself from the behavior. #demonstration #København #terrorisme (translated)

Tom Jensen wrote in a leader in Berlingske that the two Muslim participants in last week's episode of the TV 2 program 'Højskolen' had invoked Danish values such as tolerance and inclusiveness to defend views he believed were far from those values. He raised questions about the limits of tolerance in Western democracies and referred to philosopher Karl Popper's argument that open societies must be able to protect themselves against intolerance. Jensen described a growing hatred of the West, which he linked to fundamentalist and dictatorial regimes, as well as people, often from MENAPT countries, who had obtained residency in the West. He wrote that some of them were increasingly allying with a left wing that accepted extreme views when they were expressed by minority representatives. He associated Hamas-apologetic pro-Palestinian demonstrations with parts of the recent unrest in France, growing antisemitism, and opposition to Iran's influence in the Middle East. He also connected the debate to Pia Kjærsgaard's showing of TikTok images of Afrah al-Jabouri in 'Højskolen'. Jensen wrote that free citizens had the right not to tolerate intolerance and warned that the foundation of society could otherwise crack. He concluded by stating that one must tolerate the bad atmosphere. https://t.co/M4FFmI3JqU #Tolerance #Demokrati #Ytringsfrihed (translated)

The Baron of Øresund wrote that the left-wing should stop telling foreigners that they had the right to Danish citizenship. He also believed that state-funded media like DR should not involve foreigners in the debate about citizenship, which he described as a matter solely for the Danish people. https://t.co/Xrnyuuj6WI #Danmark #Statsborgerskab #Udlændinge (translated)

-B.K- wrote that a student at the University of Copenhagen (KU) was agitating to mobilize thousands for a left-wing demonstration in the middle of a class, while a teacher stood in the background. He believed that the campuses were breeding leftist voters and Antifa types at society's expense. https://t.co/d9YJUZXLHv #København #Venstrefløjen #Studieliv (translated)

Eva Selsing wrote that she did not see it as a problem that the left was critical of B.T.'s conservative profile. On the contrary, she believed that praise from left-leaning politicians and commentators would be a cause for concern, as it could indicate that the media had deviated from its conservative line. She argued that B.T.'s direct conservatism scared a left that had had a significant influence on media debate for decades. According to Selsing, the left only supported conservative viewpoints it could control, and the more subdued conservatism had followed the left's norms of shaming, censorship, and cancellation. She wrote that this type of conservatism had dominated the Danish media landscape until a few years ago, and that the situation still prevailed outside of B.T. Selsing believed that B.T.'s success was partly due to the media offering conservative perspectives and analyses that the readers and viewers, according to her, could not find elsewhere. She criticized other media for presenting uniform headlines and analyses and for expressing outrage over differing opinions. She wrote that actors with interests in conformity and censorship therefore reacted strongly to B.T., and that she would be more concerned if they did not. #Borgerlighed #MedieDebat #Ytringsfrihed (translated)

Emilie Jäger wrote that she was proud to work at B.T., which she described as a free and independent media outlet with a civic foundation. According to her, this was reflected both in the newspaper's debate section and in the choice of topics. She believed that Denmark needed different media and mentioned Information, Politiken, DR, and B.T. as examples. Jäger wrote that she often received calls from dissatisfied politicians and their advisers, and occasionally even ministers. However, she had not experienced internal pressure from bosses regarding her political beliefs or about covering anyone in a certain way. She believed that B.T. also adhered to fundamental journalistic principles of hearing all parties, faithfully representing their viewpoints, and describing facts. According to Jäger, sources she interviewed both within and outside Christiansborg were sometimes dissatisfied, but her impression was that sources on both the right and left generally felt professionally treated. She also wrote that her management and colleagues, along with her, had turned a large deficit into a million-dollar surplus, while the newspaper played an important role in Danish democracy. #journalistik #demokrati #BorgerligtMedie (translated)

Jotam Confino wrote that several B.T. employees had publicly criticized the development of the media. According to him, they believed that B.T. had been used for an ideological project, that journalistic independence had been compromised, and that employees had allegedly been called in for discussions about their opinions. Confino wrote that he was not aware of any of the critics resigning, and that he personally believed it was free for both employees and others to criticize the media. As one of B.T.'s public profiles, Confino described his own experiences. He wrote that he had never received instructions about journalistic angles or been pressured to follow an ideological line. He also had not been in a conversation about his opinions or been told to be more critical of the left than the right, he wrote. Confino described his bosses as skilled and professional and said that he felt he had full journalistic freedom. Confino highlighted B.T.'s bourgeois profile and wrote that an editorial line did not in itself mean that the media was politically controlled. He asked why there was no corresponding criticism of Information, Politiken, or TV 2. He also criticized colleagues from other media, ministers, and party leaders for, in his opinion, contributing to doubts about B.T.'s independence. He pointed to B.T.'s coverage of the mink scandal, Enhedslisten's support for a terrorist organization, which according to his post was involved in the murder of a 21-year-old student from Tanzania, and anti-Semitism, among other things, in Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke. Confino wrote that B.T. had made significant progress both in readership and economy, and that he was proud to be part of the media and supported the management. #BT #journalistik #medier (translated)

Steffen W. Frølund wrote that middle-class Danes had for decades had to pay for media that, in his opinion, had a political bias against their beliefs. He described it as a great injustice and believed that the left reacted violently when a media outlet moved to the right. #Politik #Medier #Debat (translated)

Alex Vanopslagh wrote that it had been three years since Hamas and other terrorists attacked Israel, describing the attack as the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. He stated that families were killed in their homes, young people were attacked at a music festival, and children and grandparents were taken hostage. According to Vanopslagh, antisemitism surged significantly in the wake of the attack, even in Denmark. He wrote that Jews here at home were hiding their Stars of David and that Jewish children were met with Nazi salutes and threats. He described it as shameful that students at Carolineskolen had to attend school under armed police protection, and noted that Danish Jews were now facing even more harassment and threats. Vanopslagh wrote that Israel had the right to defend itself but also bore responsibility for its actions. He described the civilian suffering in Gaza as terrible and believed that Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank deserved serious criticism. He wrote that peace required a confrontation within Palestinian society regarding the notion that Israel could be wiped out. At the same time, he urged the far-left in Europe to stop supporting those who maintained that idea and criticized the alliance between the left and radical Islamists. Vanopslagh wrote that he would fight for Jews to live safely in Denmark, to wear kippahs and Stars of David, to go to synagogue, and to send their children to school without fear or armed guards. He wrote that Liberal Alliance would wholeheartedly stand by them and defend their freedom. #Antisemitisme #Danmark #Israel (translated)

Jotam Confino wrote that the other day he had photographed a father and daughter in Tel Aviv, as they looked at pictures of the victims of the massacre on October 7 and fallen soldiers. The image made him think about how difficult it must be for a parent to explain to their daughter what had happened that day, and what he described as the subsequent wave of antisemitism. Confino wrote that the massacre had been celebrated by millions around the world, including in Denmark, and that civilians had been executed, kidnapped, tortured, raped, burned, and beheaded. He claimed that the event had triggered the largest wave of hatred against Jews since World War II, and that Hamas was planning attacks against Jews in Europe, while Islamists and the extreme left demonstrated with Hamas flags, including in Copenhagen. He further wrote that Western professors praised the massacre, and that educators at Copenhagen University wished for the destruction of Israel's military. He described Israel as the safest place for a girl of Jewish background to grow up, despite wars and terrorist attacks, and wrote that one day she would have to serve mandatory military service. He also mentioned that Jews were being killed in Sydney, that synagogues were attacked and subjected to demonstrations, and that it had become common to declare oneself anti-Zionist. According to Confino, memorial services for the victims required extensive police protection due to demonstrators. In conclusion, he wrote that he had great respect for parents who could explain to children how cruel the world could be without taking away their hope. He was not sure that he himself would be able to handle that task. #Israel #Antisemitisme #Fremtid (translated)

Eva Gregersen wrote that the government, according to her information, would reintroduce a bill on Danish citizenship for 2,055 applicants and their 1,039 children without first screening them for anti-democratic views. She believed that the Social Democrats were thus yielding to the value-political left. In a column in Berlingske in February, Gregersen had predicted that at least 600 people with the same ideological standpoint as an applicant, whom Stoklund had allegedly rejected the year before due to their values, would obtain citizenship. She also referred to Wilkes' study for Jyllands-Posten from 2024, which according to her showed that 54 percent of Muslims living in Denmark believed that the dictates of the Koran should be followed fully. Gregersen pointed out that Mette Frederiksen had stated from the podium of the Folketing that it was incompatible with Danish society to take the words of the Koran at face value. Gregersen agreed with that assessment and called it national self-harm to continue granting citizenship to so many people, whom she believed could be expected to follow the dictates of the Koran. #udlændingepolitik #danskpolitik #statsborgerskab (translated)

Steffen Larsen wrote that, in his opinion, it did not help to burn down a school if one was dissatisfied with it, and that it was easier to improve the school if it still stood. He added that he was not a Marxist, and related this to his understanding of causality. Larsen claimed that the left and the Islamists were united in a struggle to destroy France and Europe and the secular French societies as well as the norms on which the country's education was based. He wrote that it was crucial that they did not succeed, because in his view it would be devastating both in the short and long term. #dkpol #danskpolitik #uddannelse #samfund (translated)