Kurt Westergaard Speaks Before The Danish People's Party, Then Regrets It

The cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, the artist behind the most infamous of the controversial 2005 Muhammed caricatures that ran in Denmark's Jyllands-Posten and caused the infamous Danish Cartoons Controversy rioting and political turmoil in 2006, and a target for potential assassins who has been officially hiding from same since earlier this year, spoke before the right-wing Danish People's Party at their annual convention. He later stated in an interview he regretted doing so, although he castigated some for making really basic correlations between his appearance and an inferred endorsement of all the party's beliefs.

It's fascinating to me how the Danish Cartoons controversy has bounced back and forth from issue of journalistic principle to an issue of politics, and this is the most extreme example for a while. I linked to T. Thorhauge's commentary at Metabunker instead of the actual news stories because I thought he was succinct and to the point.
 
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