As reader’s of this site will be aware, Michael Hanson’s excellent film, Killing Europe, was cancelled within 24 hours of its planned showing at the Ottawa Public Library thanks to severe pressure from highly illiberal forces.

It was however, shown a week later at The Zionist Centre in Toronto to a packed house, and to a standing ovation.

Some threats were made by far left wing violent extremist groups like ANTIFA and other agents, but pretty much nothing happened this time.

Here is an article that is old world journalism. It asks the right questions and attempts to unravel the rhetorical weapons being used to destroy the basic liberal values and individual rights of all of us in the West.

Now have a look at this one from a publication that calls itself, “The Torontoist”

an excerpt:

Despite its hateful tone, the documentary received a standing ovation from the audience.

 

An Islamophobic documentary made its world premiere on Sunday in Toronto when it was screened at the Toronto Zionist Centre, at an event hosted by the Jewish Defense League and Act For Canada.

Killing Europe uses examples of real and horrific assaults to portray all Muslim migrants as violent rapists or, at the very least, complicit in these crimes.

 

The Ottawa Public Library cancelled a planned screening of the film in late November after complaints by Ottawa Against Fascism and human rights lawyer Richard Warman. In an interview with Metro News, filmmaker Michael Hansen said the cancellation constituted an act of censorship and claimed his ability to screen his movie was a question of free speech.

 

Hansen attended the Toronto showing, according to the invitation issued by the Jewish Defense League, an extreme Zionist group that often provides security for anti-Muslim events and demonstrations. It was hosted in partnership with ACT! for Canada, the Canadian offshoot of ACT! for America, which is the largest anti-Muslim group in the United States, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

 

Hansen was provided with questions and an opportunity to comment and declined to do so.

The article is quite the mix of fabrication and half truths. Some readers noticed and commented appropriately:

And when the author was called on it, the comments where not just closed but removed altogether.

This is a free country and people should be free to write whatever they want and hold and broadcast whatever political opinion they want. And in that spirit, I thought I would allow people to comment here on that article, once they have actually clicked over to read it of course. Seems only proper. Even better if you have seen the movie, which you can watch here.

One update. The article says that “Hansen was provided with questions and an opportunity to comment and declined to do so..”.

According to Mr. Hansen however, he was sent a list of questions and Michael offered to do a Skype interview with the journalist and the journalist declined. A rather important omission from the article some may say.

Thank you Anon, who sent in the link and screen caps of the comments.