I am ambivalent. Of course Hedegaard should have a right to say whatever he wants and life should not be the punishment for any speech. With that said if someone had a hobby of handing out mugs with this picture on them
Lars is defending the right to free speech but how he uses that speech is to bully a minority. I am still on his side but I don't like him.
I may be a little offended. (after I stopped laughing.)
The problem in Denmark is that the punishment isn't even necessarily vigilante murder, but also state-sanctioned incarceration. There is no legal right in Denmark to "say whatever you want to say" if someone claims to be insulted or offended. This has an incredibly chilling effect on the public discourse, and gives a free pass to dangerous anti-Western ideologies.
The law.
"Whoever publicly or with the intent of public dissemination issues a pronouncement or other communication by which a group of persons are threatened, insulted or denigrated due to their race, skin color, national or ethnic origin, religion or sexual orientation is liable to a fine or incarceration for up to two years."
What's so offensive about an old, bearded guy with cold hands?