Dutch Tired of Being Tolerant
Tolerance is not working in the Netherlands. So says the Labor Party, the country’s biggest left-wing party, which, as part of the ruling coalition led by the Christian Democrats, is in charge of integration.
Two weeks ago, the Labor Party published a paper saying that the Dutch model of tolerance has failed. The International Herald Tribunereported: “If judged on the standard scale of caution in dealing with cultural clashes and Muslims’ obligations to their new homes in Europe, the language of the Dutch position paper and Lilianne Ploumen, Labor’s chairperson, was exceptional.” The paper stated that Muslim immigrants must conform to Dutch society.
“The success of the integration process is hindered by the disproportionate number of non-natives involved in criminality and troublemaking, by men who refuse to shake hands with women, by burqas and separate courses for women on citizenship,” said Ploumen.
The paper completely rejected the cultural relativism that has infected so much of Western society. “The mistake we can never repeat is stifling criticism of cultures and religions for reasons of tolerance,” it said.
People must be allowed to say what they like about new cultures and customs, Ploumen said. “Hurting feelings is allowed, and criticism of religion, too.”
Rather than insisting that all cultures are equal, the paper stated that immigrants need to take on the Dutch way of life through a process of “emancipation.”
Ploumen said that “the grip of the homeland has to disappear.”
The paper was written at the same time French President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted that the French notion of equality “doesn’t work anymore.”
In Britain, the policy of tolerance and even capitulation to immigrants is not working. Multiculturalism breeds extremism. Politicians on the Continent are beginning to wake up to this fact. In the Netherlands, even the most prominent left-wing political grouping is now strongly against tolerance and multiculturalism.
Watch for Europe to use increasingly more draconian methods to crack down on immigrants.
For more information on this trend, see our article “Wanted: Savior for Europe.”