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"When Ukrainians fight for dignity, they think in the Kremlin, it's because Washington and Brussels are instigating them. That's the only world Putin knows: a world without freedom." According to Thom, when people want something, it's not because they love freedom but because they are being manipulated. "When Ukrainians fight for dignity, they think in the Kremlin, it's because Washington and Brussels are instigating them. That's the only world Putin knows: a world without freedom." #Poetin #Oekraïne #Europa (translated)

Fleur Agema stated that education should not belong to a political party or movement. According to her, children should learn how to think, not what to think. She wrote that this had not been happening for decades and that it suddenly became a problem now that someone with a different way of thinking started a school. #onderwijs #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #denken (translated)

Angela de Jong expresses her concern about the establishment of a controversial school in Almere, where children are confronted with far-right ideology, and advocates for a revision of the education legislation to prevent such stories from recurring. #onderwijs #vrijheidvanonderwijs #polarisatie (translated)

Weird Duk wondered why, according to him, almost no one was watching the program. He wrote that the approach where a complete panel collectively attacked someone with a differing opinion was no longer effective, and urged TV makers to take that to heart. #media #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #opinie (translated)

Sander Sassen wrote that Rob Jetten's call for all possible support for Ukraine amounted, in his view, to prolonging a war of attrition. He argued that the front line barely moved, that the Russian economy had adapted, and that Western munitions stocks and political support were finite. According to Sassen, diplomatic solutions were wrongly dismissed as a sign of weakness. Sassen referred to Ukrainian estimates of more than 1.5 million Russian dead and wounded and to Western analyses, including those from CSIS, which he claimed spoke of hundreds of thousands of casualties and over one hundred thousand deaths in Ukraine. He argued that the war constituted a demographic disaster for both countries and that further pressure from sanctions and weapons would result in more casualties. Negotiations, according to Sassen, were not capitulation but the way to end the war. He claimed that a full Ukrainian recapture of the borders of 1991 was militarily unrealistic without direct NATO intervention, risking a war with Russia. He advocated for territorial compromises, likely along the current front line, security guarantees for the remaining Ukraine, and an end to mobilization. He noted that Ukrainian men were forcibly taken off the streets in this process. Sassen acknowledged that such compromises would feel unjust and could reward aggression, but argued that they were better than continuing the current bloodshed. He accused Jetten and like-minded individuals of blocking serious diplomacy and urged the Prime Minister to immediately pursue a diplomatic solution. #Oorlog #Diplomatie #Vrede (translated)

Wagensveld wrote that he had been arrested three times within a few weeks after the mayor imposed restrictions on the content of his demonstration at the last minute. According to him, it had been registered and approved in advance with a megaphone and a Quran as demonstration materials. He stated that during a conversation with the police, about 20 minutes before arriving at the location, no restrictions were mentioned. Upon arrival, he was required to hand over the Quran due to potential disturbances, even though there was no counter-demonstration or unrest and he had not yet shown the Quran visibly. The demonstration had not yet begun. At one of the arrests, he claimed he offered to leave, but that was only permitted if he handed over the Quran. Wagensveld reported that he was held for six hours and interrogated all three times. According to him, there was no prosecution. A fourth attempt to demonstrate ultimately did go ahead. He asserted that he and his supporters would keep returning until they received their rights. He described the arrests as an abuse of power intended to intimidate people and limit demonstrations based on their content. Wagensveld wrote that leftist activists and Islamists could express slogans that others found offensive, and that he supported their right to do so. According to him, officials were trying to restrict that same freedom for dissenters. He wondered why the Minister of Justice and Security apparently approved of that. #Demonstratierecht #VrijheidVanMeningsuiting #Rechtsstaat #Demonstratierecht #VrijheidVanMeningsuiting #Rechtsstaat (translated)

Thierry Baudet stated that people who appealed to freedom, tolerance, the rule of law, and the open society, in his view undermined those principles. He wrote that the outcome of a won referendum was ignored and that the possibility of organizing new referendums was subsequently abolished. He also said that his political party was not involved in coalition formation, was not allowed to appear in the media, and was systematically demonized. According to Baudet, a draft law had also been prepared to ban the party. He added that the publishing house that released the critical book *The Coronabedrog* won the NS Publieksprijs, but that the prize was not awarded and the procedure was then adjusted. Furthermore, Baudet wrote that the license of a broadcasting organization he founded was revoked and that there were attempts to find ways to close a school he established or to make future similar schools impossible. He asked what the concepts of democracy, rule of law, tolerance, and open society were still worth according to him. #democratie #vrijheid #toleren (translated)

Jigal Krant asked why the investigative journalism platform Follow the Money had not yet uncovered the driving forces behind the pro-Palestinian movement by tracing funding sources from jihadist or Islamist origins. He wondered if a suspected outcome did not fit within the platform's framework. #onderzoeksjournalistiek #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #journalistiek (translated)

EWagensveld asked the police, the Public Prosecution Service, and the Minister of Justice and Security for clarification on what he described as a difference in treatment. According to him, the police threatened to arrest Erik Winkler if he did not put away a sign with a message against Hamas, while there were repeated demonstrations on the Dam in Amsterdam with a banner supporting Hamas. EWagensveld wondered whether the rules varied depending on the message. #VrijheidVanMeningsuiting #Demonstratierecht #Gesprekscultuur (translated)

The author described the situation as unprecedented and extremely concerning, and claimed that after designating the Italian collective Autistici Inventati a terrorist organisation, the Trump administration had asked Dutch authorities to seize its servers in the Netherlands. https://t.co/xcjPlpkg0L #VrijheidVanMeningsuiting #Persvrijheid #Burgersrechten #IT #NL #US