The fashionable Left will solely defend free speech when its personal denizens are below assault.
We’ve seen that so usually over the previous couple of years it’s past debate. Conservatives silenced on social media? The fitting-leaning President of america booted off of social media platforms?
Crickets.
A sexually express ebook will get faraway from a faculty library’s shelf?
E book banning!
And, as if usually the case, which means the Left will go to rhetorical warfare to defend radical, antisemitic rants. Count on extra of the identical following Bob Vylan’s surprising efficiency at this weekend’s Glastonbury Pageant.
Bob Vylan at Glastonbury received the group to chant “dying, dying to the IDF”.
Including “from the river to the ocean, Palestine will probably be free. Inshallah” on the finish.
Fully unacceptable. Beneath the inclusivity facade, Glastonbury has turn out to be a hate fest. pic.twitter.com/URaMarlPJe
— Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) June 28, 2025
The British duo used its pageant spot to savage Israel’s military and reward Palestine, all whereas audiences waved Palestinian flags. The rappers chanted “Free, free Palestine” and “Loss of life, dying to the IDF.”
And, after all, they chanted, “From the river to the ocean, Palestine will probably be free.”
The surprising visuals alone advantage scrutiny, however each the BBC and native police recommend Vylan’s rant might warrant additional investigation. The previous vowed to censor the fabric from repeat broadcasts.
The latter?
The assertion comes simply hours after Avon and Somerset Police introduced it was analyzing video footage from the set to find out whether or not legal offences have been dedicated throughout the efficiency.
That’s a part of England’s draconian “free speech” guidelines the place the incorrect phrases can ship residents to jail. The nation’s two-tier system means Group Vylan needs to be effective, however those that query authority or complain about unfettered immigration needs to be apprehensive about what they are saying in public.
Deeply.
The larger concern right here is speech. Sure, it’s startling to see such unbridled hatred on show. It’s even worse to contemplate the constructive response the rappers acquired from the group.
These Palestinian flags didn’t materialize out of skinny air. The gang clearly hoped an act or two would evoke the trigger du jour. The musicians, together with Kneecap, didn’t disappoint.
🚨 NEW: Glastonbury descends right into a hate rally.
Irish rappers Kneecap led chants of “F*** Keir Starmer” and urged crowds to riot in Westminster — whereas earlier, the identical pageant rang out with “Loss of life to the IDF.”
This isn’t music.
It’s incitement — and it exhibits simply how rotten… pic.twitter.com/WeZxEaWynA— Darren Grimes (@darrengrimes_) June 28, 2025
We have to know musicians like this exist. It’s tragic that not one of the acts in query spoke out after Hamas terrorists dropped right into a music pageant on Oct. 7, 2023 and slaughtered innocents.
Extra importantly, we have to see a mob of music goers cheering Bob Vylan and its ilk on. It’s instructive. It’s necessary.
What we do subsequent as a tradition issues.
What we can’t do is attempt to silence them. Extra voices, not much less, as Andrew Breitbart famously mentioned. This model of ignorance and Jew hatred can’t be shoved below the rug.
We’ll must face it eventually.