SPIJKENISSE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch debate on refugees and asylum seekers has come to this: Firebrand lawmaker Geert Wilders handing out self-defense sprays to women fearful of what he describes as “Islamic testosterone bombs” in the wake of the New Year’s Eve sexual assaults in Cologne.
Wilders, surrounded by bodyguards and police, visited a market in the largely blue-collar town of Spijkenisse on Saturday to hand out the sprays, which contained red paint. Amid stalls selling vegetables, fish, flowers and bicycle parts, Wilders got a rock-star welcome from dozens of supporters, while a small group of protesters chanted and waved placards including one that read, “Refugees are welcome, racism is not.”
The publicity stunt fits into Wilders’ uncompromising anti-immigrant, anti-Islam rhetoric that has propelled him to the top of Dutch opinion polls, just over a year away from parliamentary elections.
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She said she was afraid not just of migrants, but also Dutch men. ...
Oh how that AP reporter must have peed like an excited puppy after snatching this prized quote, like some beautiful unexpected squeeze toy. [A quotation strangely without quotation marks?]
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/dutch-lawmaker-wilders-gaining-support-amid-migrant-crisis/
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