Switzerland was famous (or infamous) for staying neutral in World War II. It simply would not take a side between the Nazis and the rest of the world. However, when it comes to free speech, Switzerland has declared war on anyone who challenges certain orthodox positions, including gender policies. Just ask Emanuel Brünisholz.Brünisholz is reportedly about to start a 10-day prison stint due to his voicing skepticism about claims that skeletons are transgender.
There is very little coverage of this story. Free speech cases are often downplayed by European media. So, we have only limited information coming from conservative sites.
In 2022, he responded to a Facebook post by Swiss National Council member Andreas Glarner on the controversy. Some, including academics in the United States, are now claiming that you really cannot gauge the sex of individuals from their skeletons.
The wind-instrument repairman thought that such claims were unfounded and posted a comment that said, “If you dig up LGBTQI people after 200 years, you’ll only find men and women based on their skeletons. Everything else is a mental illness promoted through the curriculum.”
Brünisholz then received a knock on his door from the Burgdorf police and then a prosecution letter for engaging in “hate speech” and “publicly belittling” comments based on sexual orientation under the Swiss Criminal Code. He was convicted and fined 500 Swiss Francs.
If true, this sounds like just another absurd use of a criminal charge to silence those with opposing views. However, a court actually convicted him and then another court upheld the conviction. He was ordered to pay a fine or go to jail. He is now going to jail for simply expressing his view, a view supported by many scientists and citizens.
“LGBTQI means lesbian, gay, bi, transgender, queer and intersex, and denotes therefore different sexual orientations. It’s a loose group of people who consider themselves a part of the aforementioned sexual orientations. Therefore, LGBTQI is a group of people with specific sexual orientations.”
The case is only the latest example of how free speech is in a free fall in Europe. I spoke in Berlin at the World Forum, where European leaders gathered in one of the most strikingly anti-free speech conferences I have attended. This year’s forum embraced the slogan “A New World Order with European Values.” That “new world order” is based on an aggressive anti-free speech platform that has been enforced for years by the European Union.
Many Americans are allied with the EU and attempting to introduce such anti-free speech laws in the United States. Others are speaking in Europe and inviting the EU to hit U.S. companies with sanctions for failing to censor Americans.
Yet, there remain brave free speech advocates and groups still struggling to restore this indispensable right to their countries. By going to jail, Brünisholz is bringing needed attention to the crackdown on free speech in that country. Despite the disgraceful role of the courts in this effort, citizens like Brünisholz show that the cause of free speech is alive in Europe.
The other, perhaps unpublished but equally telltale a story, would be that of the law enforcement officer that was originally dispatched to talk to this man over his Facebook posting. I can’t imagine that most police officers would not be indignant over having to take such a case, since it is total waste of time, especially where one would rather deal with real crimes and such. It sounds more like some bureaucrat or political type got a wild hair up their alphorn and made demands on the brass to throw the book at this “Facebook hooligan”.
I don’t know how the criminal justice system is structured in Switzerland, But this prosecution seems to be driven by the hyas muckamucks rather than the situation on the street.
These evil eft wing Marxist lunatics are exactly the same no matter where they are in the world. The trick is to NEVER let them attain power because they absolutely need to take your freedoms to maintain that power.
I’m just curious if Turley still votes “Democrat” like Alan Dershowitz. They lament everything these leftists do and then turn around and VOTE for them???? Is it just me or does that sound like some sort of twisted insanity?
It doesn’t matter who pushed it the police department followed the stupid order.
Even the court’s comment admits it: It’s an expression of sexual orientation and has thus nothing to do
with morphological biology, which includes the skeleton and other attributes of biological men and women.
Humans are living beings under the laws of nature and no political system regardless how powerful it is, will change that.
For many decades scientists have been able to discern male from female skeletons based on their anatomical structure. They have not developed this technique based upon some court’s confused and circular argument to the contrary.
Typical eurotrash cuckisim
Next thing you know, saying genetics dictating gender will get one arrested… Kindof hard to argue with chromosomes.
YOU CAN JAIL ME TOO BECAUSE WHAT HE SAID IS TRUE.
Wow. It sounds like you Europeans need to be liberated.
again………………
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me!
You can’t legislate feelings, respect or make people like each other under the law.
My late husband once told me, “You can’t legislate the heart.” I found that to be a most true and profound statement.
Why are we still in league with Europe? They do not reflect our values, and in fact their values and ‘rules’ are infecting our (US) society through international bodies, like WHO,WEF, IMF, etc.
I think it’s time to reclaim our independence. Let the EU defend themselves. Should Americans fight in a war there to defend this kind of behavior and these ‘values’?
You keep saying the EU. But Switzerland is not part of the EU. If this censorship is enforced by the EU why don’t you see it in every EU country from the eastern Europe?
Didn’t most of us learn this in High School biology?
Science proves men have about ten trillion more cell than women. Men have greater bone density. The Swiss are absurd to jail that man.
Geneticist
He isn’t being jailed for telling biological truth, but for not supporting biological lies!
A trillion more brain cells , I was told…;)
Ok, i’ll get my coat, I know the way out
TRUMP SAVES LIVES. IMPEACH HIM NOW!
TRUMP MUST GO! TRUMP IS TRYING TO SAVE LIVES! IMAGINE! HOW DARE HE!
So are people saying you can tell a lgbtq person from their skeleton? Anyone who advocates this is just a laughing stock of democrats.
Read much?
David Icke validated!
Please keep this up libs.
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What next, man jailed for claiming XX chromosomes indicate female an XY chromosomes indicate male? Liberals believe in real science until real science is proven true. Then real science is transphobic.
Really, who gives a flying fook? Just more stoopid Turley stuff for low IQ-ers.
Personal insults don’t move the conversation forward. If you think Turley is wrong, point to what part and why. That’s how real discussion happens.
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Perhaps you are right, Anonymous. I like the idea of putting other people in jail whenever they disagree with me.
You spelled stupid wrong stupid.
genius reply
Yet here you are.
OT. White House remodel.
Have the architect give a talk about the old wiring, plumbing, black mold, termite damage, sag, rot that had to go. Abe was never in it.
^^^^ it does have a cool movie projection room with curtain and contains the underground bunker command center.
Might need some work.
Re: White House “Remodel”
Just in time for Halloween, the ghosts of Abigail Adams, Abe Lincoln, and Dolly Madison will be rudely displaced from their East Wing location. I hope they scare the bejeezus out of DJT. 👻
Just in time for Halloween, the ghosts of Abigail Adams, Abe Lincoln, and Dolly Madison will be rudely displaced from their East Wing location. I hope they scare the bejeezus out of DJT.
The East Wing addition to the White House was built by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1902. Meaning, long after Madison, Adams, and Lincoln were long dead and gone, to have never viewed it at any time.
Biden’s commies never pass up an opportunity to put their ignorance of American history on public display.
Is that frightening enough for Halloween?
Thank you for the history lesson about the haunting of the East Wing. AI tells me that, for whatever reason, that area of the WH or land it sits on was allegedlha”haunted” by those notables.
You shouldn’t jump to stupid conclusions. I am not, nor have I ever been, a “commie”. And who I voted for in ’24 is none of your business, but…it wasn’t Biden.
I seem to have hit a nerve. You must be a Trumper.
You will recover. Lighten up.
Wrong, Anon. The East Wing of the White House was actually built in 1942 during FDR’s administration in order to hide an underground bunker. Look it up. YOU are the one who appears to be ignorant of White House history.
Built in 1902 and remodeled in 1942
Uhm, the East wing was built in 1902.
Europe is commiting suicide
Really, based on this article you extrapolated that?
No. Based on an aggregation of news from Europe over the past ten years or so. The politicians appear to be self-hating, mental deffectives. EU is the root of the problem. If it had limited its powers to trade and currency the individual nations would be intact. Instead it has Kalergied everyone.
“Europe is commiting suicide”
Europe has accepted our challenge for a race to the bottom. We started it by inventing Woke – they intend to finish it.
Lgbtxtz are clinically confirmed psychiatric disorders with high rates of self created depression, suicide, domestic abuse, substance abuse, health problems, and deadly std epidemics they create.
Stop the murder and insanity.
OT, remember when FEMA workers were instructed not to give aid to homes with a Trump sign, and then Biden’s DHS went into damage control saying it was one low-level supervisor gone rogue? Turns out it was more widespread, and they were also illegally collecting political intel. Biden = Fascist.
https://www.racket.news/p/exclusive-fema-workers-improperly
Not surprised Oldman
Your source is racket news, taibbi is a lying fool. Anything for attention nowadays.
Just because you don’t agree with him doesn’t make him a fool
By your replies I can tell why you wish to remain anon.