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Probably a combination of the targets of his speech bringing it in to the scope of discrimination laws and various political machinations. Again, I'm not saying the court case was a good thing but that doesn't make what he said OK.
Clearly they believe that to be the case but shouldn’t policy be based on fact rather than belief? I’ve no doubt some Moroccans in the Netherlands abuse the advantages they have (be they guests, permeant residents or naturalised Dutch) but so do lots of other people, immigrant and native born. I’m equally sure lots of Moroccans don’t though which is why stirring up generic hatred against them all was wrong. Frankly, if someone isn’t capable of understanding how to discuss this kind of issue without taking it in that direction they should probably avoid professional politics. Of course, that presumes they’re interested in any kind of discussion at all. None of this really addresses any of the actual problems but it does raise Wilders’ election prospects.
That’s a government issue, not an immigration one. Officials and elected representatives will obviously seek to play down problems for which there are no easy answers or quick fixes regardless of the subject. Wilders (and those like him) don’t have to worry about that while their seeking office which is why they can generalise, rabble-rouse and come out with impractical “solutions” to simplistic problems but were he to get in to any position of power, he’d quickly realise (if he doesn’t already know) that reality isn’t anything like as simple and he’ll become just as evasive and unspecific about any real practical polices (especially in some of the other areas his politics doesn’t focus on).
Being in opposition isn't having power. The point is that he isn't in a position to implement whatever policies he believes would achieve his aims.
This isn't about discussing a topic. This is about Wilders asserting that there are too many Moroccans living in the Netherlands and declaring "something would be done about that". Imagine if you were a member of a group that a populist politician made that kind of declaration about.
Just to be clear here, Wilders was talking about “Moroccans”. A major element of the problem with his statements was the generalised and unqualified targeting.
Yeah, sort of like that non-entity from the Republican party who tarred and feathered Mexicans as murderers and rapists. What ever happened to that guy anyway?
Sure, but lots of Moroccans aren't criminals and those who are aren't criminals simply because they're Moroccan. Your and Wilders' call is simply to have fewer Moroccans living in the Netherlands. We could take all the good ones and leave the criminals to satisfy that demand. If you want to address the problems of criminality, why not target criminals rather than single ethnic groups?
In this kind of context, never. Men are disproportionately criminals. Does that mean we should make it so there are fewer men living in the world?
Because if they are Muslims it's called islamophobia. Rather like here in the USA when you target criminals and they happen to be black it's called racism.
Most of the criminals in the Netherlands aren't Muslim (or Moroccan - why are you talking about Muslims all of a sudden?) and most of the criminals in America aren't black.
