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Eppo Tjuchem wrote that someone on De Dam was unrecognizably covered, with Al-Qassam on the forehead and a Hezbollah flag. He wondered whether there was a ban on facial coverings or terror propaganda in Amsterdam under Mayor Halsema. https://t.co/61UALCxuYq #Amsterdam #terreur #vrijheid (translated)

Mick van Wely wrote that his Dutch grandfather worked as an optician for the resistance in Leiden and took photos for forged documents. According to him, his father grew up with a strong aversion to Germans. When, as a five-year-old, he received an apple from a German soldier, he thanked him with a curse word for Germans, Van Wely said. His Hungarian mother, he said, grew up under communism, which he described as just as bad as fascism. Van Wely wrote that he had been raised at home with love for and respect for freedom. This, he said, explained why he sometimes reacted angrily when he saw that the carefully built Western lead and achievements, which had long been taken for granted, were coming under heavy pressure and were slowly being rolled back. #vrijheid #geschiedenis #verzet (translated)

In an opinion piece, Rahma Bavelaar argues that Western institutions do not want to listen to the voices of Palestinians, such as that of a Gazan student who was wrongfully accused after a social media video, which led to a smear campaign and threats against him. #Gaza #Palestijnen #VrijheidVanMeningsuiting (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt proposed a compulsory integration course for D66 in his column. According to him, the party spoke excellent Dutch, but still needed to learn how to deal with people who have different beliefs. He referred to Jan Paternotte, who mentioned the Renaissanceschool associated with Forum for Democracy in the Chamber and asked for stricter rules for new schools. According to Von Kreyfelt, Rob Jetten had advocated for a swift evaluation and possible legislative changes. The proposed course would, according to Von Kreyfelt, include lessons on civil rights, freedom of education, diversity, democracy, and equal rights. He wrote that citizens should be allowed to think independently and vote for other parties, and that a political background in itself was not an offense. Regarding Jetten's statements on October 9 about taking stronger action against certain schools and online channels where, in his view, young people were learning incorrect ideas about equal rights, Von Kreyfelt noted that Jetten had not mentioned the Renaissanceschool. As an exam task, Von Kreyfelt described a parent who wanted to pass on different beliefs to their child than D66. According to him, a student would succeed with an answer that did not involve inspection, improvement processes, or legislative changes. He concluded that D66 needed to learn that a free society also existed without its permission. #Inburgering #Diversiteit #Democratie (translated)

Caroline van der Plas wrote that Moorman had not included the full justification of her argument in her video, according to her. She stated that it was very serious that Moorman held her personally responsible for homophobia and argued that this was how PRO operated. https://t.co/DTwpnv5fTV #homohaat #discussie #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting (translated)

EWagensveld stated that he was arrested on suspicion of illegal protesting in the empty Janskerkhof in Utrecht during an interview with PowNed. He said that he was only giving an interview and claimed that the Public Prosecution Service counted the interviewer and cameraman to make it a group protest. According to EWagensveld, the Public Prosecution Service demanded a fine of €250 and two weeks of conditional imprisonment, but the judge acquitted him. He wondered if there were double standards in the Netherlands, as police, mayors, and the Public Prosecution Service, according to him, often did not intervene in XR and pro-Palestinian demonstrations. He also criticized the Ministry of Justice and Security, which he claimed remained silent about abuse of power. #demonstratierecht #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #justitie (translated)

The author warned that Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood could thrive in Belgium and called it life-threatening. This happened according to the author ten years after the deadly jihadist attacks in Brussels and three years after the attacks on October 7 in Israel. The author asked the minister if the government realized it was already "five minutes past twelve" and wrote that the situation had already been serious enough. https://t.co/QFOdefeC4M #veiligheid #terrorisme #vrijheid #BE #IL (translated)

Max von Kreyfelt wrote that D66, in his opinion, put pressure on the Renaissanceschool, which is linked to Forum voor Democratie. He pointed out that D66 MP Jan Paternotte had mentioned the school in the House of Representatives because of announced separate curricula for boys and girls, and had called for stricter rules for new schools. According to Von Kreyfelt, Rob Jetten had urged for a quick evaluation and possible amendments to the law. Von Kreyfelt also wrote that Jetten had announced on October 9 that he would investigate how to take tougher action against schools, weekend schools, and online channels where, according to Jetten, young people were learning incorrect views about equal rights. The columnist emphasized that Jetten had not mentioned the Renaissanceschool in this context. He argued that the education inspectorate should investigate what was actually happening at the school and that a political background alone was not evidence of violations. According to him, Paternotte had stated that Article 23 remained intact. Von Kreyfelt wondered whether Jetten wanted to address verifiable violations or tighten general rules because a political competitor was taking advantage of them. https://t.co/V2P6pFuNy1 #onderwijs #vrijheid #D66 (translated)

Jelmer Visser wrote that teenagers in the United States were not allowed to read Anne Frank's diary, but they could watch a livestream of an execution by a firing squad. He said that one should stay far away from Americans and called them idiots. #VerenigdeStaten #VrijheidVanMeningsuiting #Onderwijs (translated)

The author wrote that the Public Prosecution Service did not see incitement in the slogan "We Support Hamas" on the Dam. She stated that this meant that terrorists could be openly honored in the Netherlands and claimed that it was the same terrorists who had committed genocide in Israel three years earlier on that same day. She also wondered how low the Netherlands could still sink. https://t.co/AO02KTCv4J #Nederland #Hamas #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting (translated)

Els van Veen wrote that she found the increasing resistance against Purple Friday recognizable. According to her, her children had long since stopped going to school. She stated that the problem was not that everyone could be themselves, but the pressure to wear purple at school and the government interference she saw in this matter. Years ago, she claimed, nearly no one came to school in purple anymore, not even an openly gay classmate. Van Veen compared this pressure to the coronaperiod. She wrote that people were told they were getting vaccinated for others, and that those who did not do so were labeled as antisocial and excluded. She also claimed that doctors expressing concerns were publicly ridiculed and lost their jobs. Many people, according to her, are now silent about this, including those who had contributed to the exclusion of unvaccinated individuals at the time. She argued that the boundary of coercion, pressure, and propaganda had been reached for more and more people. Van Veen criticized politicians who, in her view, wanted to dictate how people behaved and did not respect the right to self-determination. She also expressed criticism of what she described as moral superiority and the spending of public money on causes that did not benefit the population. Finally, she wrote that doctors treated everyone equally in the consulting room, regardless of gender, sexuality, or vaccination status. https://t.co/5EmgfuiUho #PaarseVrijdag #Tolerantie #Vrijheid (translated)

Annabel Nanninga wrote that the minister could not hide behind the editorial freedom of the NOS, according to her. She called the broadcaster's reporting outright lies, stated that the minister was responsible for that, and noted that everyone was contributing to it. #vrijheidvanmeningsuiting #journalistiek #verantwoordelijkheid (translated)

Vala van den Boomen wrote that her son resisted what he saw as inclusivity being imposed in an exclusive manner. She mentioned that students who, a year earlier, did not want to walk under purple balloons on a purple carpet clashed with the student coordinator. According to her, people who did not actively participate in the "rainbow circus" were therefore labeled as intolerant. Van den Boomen wrote that her son knows what it is like to belong to a minority and to be different, but that acceptance, according to him, does not arise from having children walk on a purple carpet or keeping 150 parliamentarians in the Chamber late into the night for a vote on an activist flag. She argued that acceptance calls for treating it as normal. https://t.co/eGvv04SCVf #acceptatie #inclusiviteit #vrijheid (translated)

In his new book La pensée piétinée: why fascism crushes culture, Olivier Mannoni examines the threats posed by the far-right movement to culture and freedom of thought, illustrating this with examples such as Vincent Bolloré's control over the publishing house Grasset. #ExtrêmeDroite #Culture #LibertéDePenser (translated)

The first post-Soviet generation in Russia, raised after the fall of the USSR, experiences a unique freedom of choice but is confronted with a return to traditional values under the regime of Vladimir Putin, leaving them caught between new freedoms and enduring expectations. #GuerreEnUkraine #Russie #GénérationPostSoviétique (translated)

Eppo Tjuchem wrote that someone waved at the fans and then quickly ran to the police. He wondered what was so urgently discussed with the officers at the end of the sit-in and suggested that it might possibly be another attempt to have an independent reporter sent away. #Groningen #7oktober https://t.co/Qt7bwx3nST #Groningen #SitIn #Vrijheid (translated)

The ten Heerde wrote that the public broadcaster BNN-VARA was according to him involved in a demonstration in Amsterdam where a banner reading "We Support Hamas" was defended. He also stated that the organizer strongly resembled Joop.nl writer Maarten Steenhagen. https://t.co/KgZJ0u4mFI #Hamas #Demonstratie #Vrijheid (translated)

Ann Van Haute wondered why the government, according to her, was increasingly interfering in the private lives of citizens, among other things with rules about heating, cars, food, renovations, and expenditures. She wrote that those who did not comply with these rules could face taxes or fines and compared the treatment of citizens to that of children needing supervision. Van Haute argued that the government could better focus on the budget, rising debts, and public spending. She criticized that there was, according to her, time to determine which heating boiler people were allowed to install. She suggested that citizens could turn the tables and tell government employees how they should do their jobs; according to her, the result could hardly be worse. #Vrijheid #Overheid #Privacy (translated)