Werner Patels

Just a quick thank-you to all those who have posted comments — and great comments they are, indeed. Keep them coming, folks.

From what I have seen, free-speechers only support "free speech" to give themselves the "right" to spread racist comments and malign individuals or entire groups. That’s not free speech (which I support 100%), but hate speech and/or criminal libel.

You should revisit "text analysis 101", my friend. My example does not allow for conclusions that I think he’s Christian. But most of the free-speechers are (in fact, they are lunatic right-wing, social conservatives who keep screaming "Stop abortion!", and other nonsense).

Levant is a racist, and he not only engages in the most hateful attacks on Muslims, but also targets individuals and then defames them. His latest bit, about the imam in Calgary, actually meets all the standards under Canada’s Criminal Code on criminal libel.

Never said he was not consistent. He is, in fact, quite consistent in his Muslim-bashing racism.

His Jewishness plays no role in this, which is why I didn’t bother remarking on it in my Web Column. You, however, deemed it necessary to introduce the information. Wonder why?

Two things:

(a) I am well aware of who or what Levant is.

(b) Being Jewish doesn’t mean he can’t be a racist, which he is.

I find it highly offensive for you to imply that Jewish people can’t be racist.