What a dumbass. There are a number of European countries that have laws pertaining to Holocaust denial. Doing so can get you prison time. David Duke should keep in mind that his First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech isn't applicable in the Czech Republic.

Bathia_Mapes: What a dumbass. There are a number of European countries that have laws pertaining to Holocaust denial. Doing so can get you prison time. David Duke should keep in mind that his First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech isn't applicable in the Czech Republic.

And I highly doubt that our black president is going to declare him a political prisoner and have State clamor for his return.

He crossed the line one too many times.

Beautiful.

Justice -- coming to a theater near you.

It's about farking time. These KKK assholes burned crosses on my mom's lawn in north Florida because they were friends with black people -- in the late 60s. It's not like this happened several generations ago.

Almost makes me wish Europe would reconsider its opposition to the death penalty. Bring back Nuremberg!

ecmoRandomNumbers: Beautiful.

Justice -- coming to a theater near you.

It's about farking time. These KKK assholes burned crosses on my mom's lawn in north Florida because they were friends with black people -- in the late 60s. It's not like this happened several generations ago.

Almost makes me wish Europe would reconsider its opposition to the death penalty. Bring back Nuremberg!

Instead of the death penalty, we ship 'em to a Turkish prison.

Well I'm no fan of David Duke, but those Czechs are some backwards-ass deniers of human rights themselves, arresting someone for their political views and ideas.

That's a lot worse than anything Duke has done.

I remember when he ran for governor of LA against Edwin Edwards.

Who ya gonna vote for, a crook or a klansman...

They voted for the crook.

Dear Czech Republic,

While I feel it gravely conflicts with my views on freedom of speech and human rights, please feel free to keep him. Or, at least, if you deport him, please do not send him home. Perhaps Sweden? Thanks.

Sincerely,

Louisiana.

Duke sucks.

Confabulat: Well I'm no fan of David Duke, but those Czechs are some backwards-ass deniers of human rights themselves, arresting someone for their political views and ideas.

That's a lot worse than anything Duke has done.

We have a winner!

And once again....another reason to break this out. This specific issue is addressed.

Do prdele!

If you don't like the laws of a country, don't go there.

baka-san: I remember when he ran for governor of LA against Edwin Edwards.

I lived in that area back then and remember all the David Duke campaign signs. I should have grabbed one, though he seemed to disappear off the radar after the election.

Props to subby for the headline. I love that pun but most people don't get it and then you have to explain it which ruins any pun.

Other dude: Will you take a check?

Me: Sure but I prefer a Slovak.

Other dude: WTF? (While giving me this look like I am a weirdo.)

Duke has been released, but told to GTFO by midnight. Link (new window)

Bathia_Mapes: his First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech isn't applicable in the Czech Republic.

Well, he still has the right. It just isn't protected there.

Occam's Chainsaw:: And I highly doubt that our black president is going to declare him a political prisoner and have State clamor for his return.

It's gonna piss him off, but he has to argue for his release. It is, unfortunately, the right thing to do.

The arrest, in a tourist area of picturesque old Prague, took place in "quite confused" circumstances, said David Janda, the head of an anti-extremism unit of the city's police force.


Wow, having a unit that only deals with anti-extremism......thats kinda extreme, isnt it?

Remember folks: this is a successful American politician who even made a well-heeled Presidential bid or two. Want to understand what the rest of the world thinks of America? Look what we export. Maybe is you stopped voting for these people we could clean it up a bit. Hmm?

GWSuperfan: Duke has been released, but told to GTFO by midnight. Link (new window)

I have never wished for a complete breakdown of every vehicle in a nation before this very moment.

Strawberry kolaches are the best kind.

What?

Confabulat: Well I'm no fan of David Duke, but those Czechs are some backwards-ass deniers of human rights themselves, arresting someone for their political views and ideas.

That's a lot worse than anything Duke has done.

This. "I may not like what you say, but I will...."

Dancin_In_Anson:

And once again....another reason to break this out. This specific issue is addressed.

This.

Racism, like any disease, should be treated and isolated, with the hope of an eventual cure in mind.

svejker_14: Racism, like any disease, should be treated and isolated, with the hope of an eventual cure in mind.

You sound Jewish.

/kidding

boobsrgood: Remember folks: this is a successful American politician who even made a well-heeled Presidential bid or two. Want to understand what the rest of the world thinks of America? Look what we export. Maybe is you stopped voting for these people we could clean it up a bit. Hmm?

Export? There's plenty of extremists right there for him to speak to. If there weren't, he wouldn't have had an audience and the Czechs wouldn't have laws against 'unpopular' speech or gatherings.

Duke was in the Czech Republic to form a movement to inspire hatred against the black person living in the Czech Republic.

boobsrgood: Remember folks: this is a successful American politician who even made a well-heeled Presidential bid or two. Want to understand what the rest of the world thinks of America? Look what we export. Maybe is you stopped voting for these people we could clean it up a bit. Hmm?

Someone is preparing for their final in PSC 381 "Multiculturalism and Diplomacy in World Affairs". Get off the internet and back to the books

r1niceboy: Duke was in the Czech Republic to form a movement to inspire hatred against the black person living in the Czech Republic.

Everyone should set goals and strive to achieve them.

svejker_14:
This.

Racism, like any disease, should be treated and isolated, with the hope of an eventual cure in mind.

They do that already. They call them Reeducation Camps

What a dumbass dick. What an embarrassment. Too bad we can't refuse to take him back. I wish he'd mysteriously disappear.

This guy is still alive? hmmmm.

Hang On Voltaire: svejker_14:
This.

Racism, like any disease, should be treated and isolated, with the hope of an eventual cure in mind.

They do that already. They call them Reeducation Camps

Where oh where is skookum? Paging skookum. Oh wait......hehehehe

They arrested him essentially for being him. He hadn't given any speeches yet. I'd like to see how they argue this, put a guy on trial for his whole life's activities? What if he was going to give a speech repudiating everything he'd ever said before? Sen. Robert Byrd should think twice about visiting Prague too, I guess.

And whoever said Americans "should stop voting" for him: people have. I guess you could make it illegal for certain people to run for office, but I don't think we want to go there either. In some states felons can run, even if they can't vote for themselves. You want to restrict people from running on account of their ideas?

/Duke sucks
/this one, not the other one
/Hey, they made it to the Sweet 16.

Racists, holocaust deniers and the like should be given free rein to speak. As a matter of fact, their idiotic mumblings should be broadcast so that all and sundry can really see exactly how moronic they are.

When things are forbidden, it often lends them some twisted sense of validity, which seems counter-productive.

Czech please!

Glasgowsfinest: ecmoRandomNumbers: Beautiful.

Justice -- coming to a theater near you.

It's about farking time. These KKK assholes burned crosses on my mom's lawn in north Florida because they were friends with black people -- in the late 60s. It's not like this happened several generations ago.

Almost makes me wish Europe would reconsider its opposition to the death penalty. Bring back Nuremberg!

Instead of the death penalty, we ship 'em to a Turkish prison.



/Approves!

Bathia_Mapes: What a dumbass. There are a number of European countries that have laws pertaining to Holocaust denial. Doing so can get you prison time. David Duke should keep in mind that his First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech isn't applicable in the Czech Republic.

Do Constitutional rights apply to GITMO detainees?

Will he be kept under guard?

darkyn: Racists, holocaust deniers and the like should be given free rein to speak. As a matter of fact, their idiotic mumblings should be broadcast so that all and sundry can really see exactly how moronic they are.

When things are forbidden, it often lends them some twisted sense of validity, which seems counter-productive.

They did just let Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speak to the U.N., again...

StrikitRich: Export? There's plenty of extremists right there for him to speak to. If there weren't, he wouldn't have had an audience and the Czechs wouldn't have laws against 'unpopular' speech or gatherings.

And if the man had not had a flourishing political career in America, they would never have invited him in the first place. He's a national disgrace, on par with Pat Buchanan, who got millions of votes himself.

Hang On Voltaire: Get off the internet and back to the books

Is it wrong to acknowledge that this man owes his career to the entrenched American Taliban of extreme religious fundamentalism? Am I not supposed to point and laugh?

Occam's Chainsaw: Bathia_Mapes: What a dumbass. There are a number of European countries that have laws pertaining to Holocaust denial. Doing so can get you prison time. David Duke should keep in mind that his First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech isn't applicable in the Czech Republic.

And I highly doubt that our black president is going to declare him a political prisoner and have State clamor for his return.

I highly doubt that ANYONE in the US is going to be clamoring for his return. This scum is America's garbage. Good riddance.

he's going to Miramar?

dam si jedno pivo prosim!

/that's all i need to know

Confabulat: Well I'm no fan of David Duke, but those Czechs are some backwards-ass deniers of human rights themselves, arresting someone for their political views and ideas.

That's a lot worse than anything Duke has done.

Lesser of two evils, man. Remember the last time someone who held extremist views came to power in/annexed Czechoslovakia (yes I realize they're separate now, but they weren't then). Just sayin'. Free speech is amazing, but these guys have a pretty decent reason for having that one exception to the rule.

HMS_Blinkin: Occam's Chainsaw: Bathia_Mapes: What a dumbass. There are a number of European countries that have laws pertaining to Holocaust denial. Doing so can get you prison time. David Duke should keep in mind that his First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech isn't applicable in the Czech Republic.

And I highly doubt that our black president is going to declare him a political prisoner and have State clamor for his return.

I highly doubt that ANYONE in the US is going to be clamoring for his return. This scum is America's garbage. Good riddance.

Ahh, but to see Obama turn around and get him released would be reek of teh awesome.

On one hand he throws this out there.

On August 5, 2005, Duke published an article stating support for Cindy Sheehan, saying that "The Iraq war and her son's death did not defend America from hatred or terrorism" and that "In fact, the war is massively increasing hatred and terrorism. For every one terrorist killed in Iraq, we are creating thousands more who hate and want to hurt America and Americans. This is the surest way to lose the war on terror, not win it."

Coool huh?.......

but then.......

We (white nationalists) desire to live in our own neighborhoods, go to our own schools, work in our own cities and towns, and ultimately live as one extended family in our own nation. We shall end the racial genocide of integration. We shall work for the eventual establishment of a separate homeland for African Americans, so each race will be free to pursue its own destiny without racial conflicts and ill will


wtf is wrong with this guy

skinnycatullus: Occam's Chainsaw:: And I highly doubt that our black president is going to declare him a political prisoner and have State clamor for his return.

It's gonna piss him off, but he has to argue for his release.

Are you kidding? Opportunities like this come once in a lifetime. "Our Black President" should seize the chance to make an impassioned declaration about how we treasure our citizens' right to free speech. He shouldn't even add any snark about "no matter how stupid that speech may be". It would be a perfect chance to show how great our principles make us, and how tiny and twisted Duke is by contrast.

He is released now and this is what he has to say:

My lectures in the Czech republic were not on the subject of the Holocaust at all, in fact why all the constant attention on this subject by the media, when one considers the fact that Bolshevism killed, tortured and harmed tens of millions of more people. I never speak about the Holocaust in Europe other than to say that it is a human rights outrage that people are imprisoned for simply having a differing opinion about an historical event.

I was going to lecture about the Israeli influence over American and European foreign policy and the International Zionist Banking firms that are leading America and the world to financial oblivion, globalist hegemony and unending war.

Now they seek a terrible, catastrophic war with Iran.

That is why extremist Jewish organizations worked to keep my message and ideas from the Czech people and the world.



http://www.davidduke.com/general/9617_9617.html/print/ (new window)

And while you are at it, read this as well:


http://www.davidduke.com/general/david-duke-prisoner-of-conscience-in-czech-re pu blic_9590.html (new window)

Couldn't happen to a better person.

seabass242: wtf is wrong with this guy

When he was 14 he got into the backseat of a car full of black guys, smoked the strongest bud of his life, and was introduced to NWA at full blast. Yeah, it's PTSD at its worst.

Oh, and FTFailingA:

The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 by a group of US Civil War veterans from the defeated Confederacy, a group of southern states that upheld slavery and maintained African Americans were inferior to whites.

FT accompanying photo:

This undated file photo shows David Duke, founder of the Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

Either someone was taking really good color photographs a lot earlier than anyone has ever suspected, or Duke is aging extremely well.