Are those laws still in effect? When was the last time someone in the USA been fined and or arrest for violating anti-communist laws?
Never said they were still in effect. However they were on the books, and are far worse than what you and others are accusing the Dutch of doing. I mean making it a crime to have political thoughts that are "not accepted". Not even the German's ban neo nazi thoughts, just Nazi emblems...
How can the government not allow you to boycott something?
U. S. Bureau of Industry and Security
The antiboycott laws were adopted to encourage, and in specified cases, require U.S. firms to refuse to participate in foreign boycotts that the United States does not sanction. They have the effect of preventing U.S. firms from being used to implement foreign policies of other nations which run counter to U.S. policy.
So if you don't agree with US policy then we will fine you or put you in jail. This is censorship. If a company openly agree's with the boycott and the US does not, the company can be punished under these laws.
http://www.unknownnews.net/0626-2.html#below
Company fined for not reporting a customers question...
I find it hard to believe a US court would block such a movie. This is the same country that allowed Birth of Nation(A democrat propaganda film made to glorify and give rebirth the KKK) to be film and shown in theaters.
The movie The Profit had an injunction put against it by a Florida court because Scientology sued the maker. That is censorship no? The injunction was later lifted but the damage was done so to say. The big question is why the court agreed with Scientology to put in the injunction...
The Profit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also there have been many book and film banning's across the US, and books are still being at best attempted banned by religious freaks all over the US. It is especially books with "homosexual themes" in them that are the targets of the religious right. There was a state representative in a southern state (can not remember which..maybe Alabama) that put up a bill that would ban all books with homosexual content from the state and school libraries.. of course the bill failed, but that anyone could even contemplate let alone put forward such a bill.. shocking.
At least here in the us we can express our opinion about any particular group and not face being arrested over what someone said about another group and over here a preacher can talk about how homosexuality is a sin and not be arrested on idiotic hate speech charges.
And yet you can get a big fine for showing a blurred breast on TV. That there is no live TV in the US any more, because every channel has a minimum 5 second delay to avoid "issues" that could cause them to get fined by the FCC. This is also censorship on a very large scale. I applaud the stations that say "stuff you" to the FCC. I also look on with horror that stations refused to show various shows, movies or commercials. Was it not long ago, that a bunch of religious right owned TV stations refused to show Saving Private Ryan for some warped reason? Censorship comes in many forms.
'Saving Private Ryan': A New Casualty of the Indecency War (washingtonpost.com)
My point is, while the Dutch situation is not good in principle, the Dutch, European's or others are far from the only ones "curbing" free speech on a local, regional or national level. The US does it also, and frankly far more in some areas... see TV and for frankly very silly things. While the Europeans with their censorship try to curb far right racist anti-semite thought, the US see's a big threat in a woman's breast and the sexual goings on for homosexuals.
And Wilders has not been charged let alone prosecuted yet. An investigation has started that is all, and the burden of proof is still on the state.
