First the Catalan political prisoners, then the artists, now this. Let us try to understand this: Spain`s anti-democratic justice system is good, because they do what the Germans tell them, but in Hungary and Poland it is bad, because they do not do what the Germans tell them. Let us also not forget that cartoonists in the EU that denigrated Islam some fifteen years ago were considered heroes in the defence of freedom of expression. But that was Islam, so apparently that is alright.
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