A sign of courage in Madrid

El Manifestómetro (in Spanish) has video of the lone Israel sympathizer at a peace demonstration in Madrid.

The young man was alone, holding a sign that said,

on one side, "Israel wants peace! Stop the killing!"

and on the other side, "Don't let them fool you! Anyone voting for Hezbollah and Hamas doesn't want PEACE"

The guy was confronted by hostile men who started yelling at him, "Who's paying you? Who's paying you to provoke? Provocateur! Jew! Jew s-o-b! Nazi! Scram! Out! Murderer!"


El Manifestómetro's commenter Arutha, who lives in the area of the demonstration didn't get to see the guy with the sign, but heard people yellling, "It's not terrorism, it's resistance!".

The police removed the young man from the premises while the crowd chanted "Nazi! Nazi!".

On a related subject, Fjordman posts In Praise of the First and Second Amendments:

In a true, totalitarian society such as the old Soviet Union, crime rates are usually low because of the crushing state control of all its citizens. Supposedly, street crime in Moscow in the USSR was rare, probably because the state itself was the biggest criminal. In contrast, in the European Union of today, which is not a totalitarian society, at least not yet, crime rates are booming in major cities. At the same time, authorities are stepping up censorship efforts, openly talking about media "speech codes" and aggressively slapping labels such as "racism" or "xenophobia" on anybody daring to criticize the immigration policies or pointing out the inadequate response to Muslim gang violence.

Read it all.

Update Via Newton, In Spain, anti-Semitism is new leftist trend
Spanish Jews knew there were hard times ahead. Prime Minister Zapatero has not disappointed them

Zapatero wearing the kaffiyah. (Photo: AP)
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