The PSOE called Vox's criticism of socialism a 'crime' but now supports mockery of Christ

The PSOE, Pedro Sánchez's party, shows that it has a very biased view of what freedom of speech is.

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The PSOE appeals to this offense to support the mockery of believers

This week, the public company Televisión Española broadcast an insult to Christ on its New Year's Eve program, a fact that has provoked criticism of the government, which controls the media paid for by all taxpayers. The PSOE has openly supported this offense to Christians, with a message from Minister Félix Bolaños announcing that they will decriminalize the crime of mocking believers, as defined in Article 525 of the Penal Code. Bolaños has justified this reform by appealing to "freedom of speech and creation", but his party seems to have a very different idea of ​​​​this freedom.

In 2020, the PSOE denounced Vox for a 'hate crime' against 'socialism'

This is demonstrated by the party's own website. On April 16, 2020, the PSOE announced a complaint against Vox before the Attorney General's Office, accusing the conservative party of spreading "hoaxes" to "provoke a reaction against the Government". This is a rather cynical accusation coming from a party like the PSOE, which has been systematically using lies to discredit its political rivals.

In its statement, the PSOE stated that "no one, not even a political party, can use freedom of expression expressed through political criticism to commit crimes." The most astonishing thing was reading who the alleged victim of these alleged crimes reported by the PSOE to the Public Prosecutor's Office was: the PSOE spoke of "a hate crime, in accordance with article 510 of the Penal Code, for being directed against a certain political thought, socialism, represented by the PSOE, and against its representatives in the institutions."

The PSOE appealed to an article from the same chapter as the crime it wants to repeal

It should be noted that the PSOE's complaint was directed at legitimate criticism by a party against a political ideology. It was not, as was the case a few days ago, a gratuitous insult against a religion, launched from a television channel paid for by all taxpayers. Apparently, for the PSOE, criticizing socialism is a "crime" but mocking Christianity is not. A blatant double standard that is already part of the political tradition of Pedro Sánchez's party.

On the other hand, the curious thing about the PSOE's complaint is that Article 510 is in the same Chapter IV of the Penal Code as Article 525 that the socialists want to repeal. This chapter contains various articles that refer to "crimes related to the exercise of fundamental rights and public freedoms." Article 510 criminalizes incitement to hatred, hostility, discrimination or violence against a group for reasons such as "ideology, religion or beliefs."

The Prosecutor's Office dismissed the PSOE's complaint: Vox issued a legitimate criticism

Significantly, the Prosecutor's Office archived the PSOE's complaint against Vox, deeming the party's criticisms to be legitimate (in fact, they were criticisms of the poor management of the pandemic by Pedro Sánchez's government). In other words, the PSOE tried to criminalize Vox for criticizing socialism, and now intends to give us lessons in "freedom of expression", thus framing a clear offense to Christianity broadcast by a state channel controlled by the socialists. An offense that was intended to provoke a controversy that would serve to cover up the corruption cases that affect the party, the government and Sánchez's family.

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