The cabinet has refused British conspiracy theorist David Icke entry to our country. Rightly so, according to 62 percent of the participants in the Statement of the Day.
David Icke, invited by action group Together for the Netherlands, is not allowed to enter the Netherlands and other Schengen countries because of the risk to public order, tensions between population groups and because Icke’s theories ‘dehumanize’ administrators and officials, according to a letter from the IND. There is also a chance that someone will want to do something to him. Icke would be a guest at a ‘peace protest’.
Icke is known for his theory that some world leaders are in reality alien reptilian creatures, according to experts whose ideas are steeped in anti-Semitic symbolism. Thierry Baudet of FvD recently referred to that idea during an interview with an American platform.
Two-thirds of the participants in the Statement of the Day think it is quite right that Icke is not allowed to enter the Netherlands. “We already have enough conspiracy theorists in the Netherlands”, someone says. Another voter: “It’s unbelievable that there are people who believe in his conspiracy theories.”
Those who disagree with the Statement of the Day point to freedom of speech. “It is unimaginable that free speech should not be heard in our free West. Sounds like the bankruptcy of democracy to me. And that is mainly caused by all that patronizing of the government that wants to determine for us what is good for us.”