Ezra Levant

Well, yes, because I had a YouTube experience that I'm going to say saved my life maybe five years or almost 10 years earlier. Let me tell you the story really quick. I was the publisher of a print magazine called the Western Standard. You know, we would print it on paper and mail it out every two weeks. It's even hard to imagine such a thing existed now.

Well, yes, because I had a YouTube experience that I'm going to say saved my life maybe five years or almost 10 years earlier. Let me tell you the story really quick. I was the publisher of a print magazine called the Western Standard. You know, we would print it on paper and mail it out every two weeks. It's even hard to imagine such a thing existed now.

And this was when the Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad caused such a fuss overseas. I think that was late 2005.

And this was when the Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad caused such a fuss overseas. I think that was late 2005.

And this was when the Danish cartoons of the Muslim prophet Muhammad caused such a fuss overseas. I think that was late 2005.

So there were riots around the world. Over 200 people killed. And every mainstream media outlet panicked and refused to show it. The Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times. And so that actually added menace to it. Wow, they'll print anything. They won't show what these cartoons are like. They must be awful. No, in fact, they were pretty banal.

So there were riots around the world. Over 200 people killed. And every mainstream media outlet panicked and refused to show it. The Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times. And so that actually added menace to it. Wow, they'll print anything. They won't show what these cartoons are like. They must be awful. No, in fact, they were pretty banal.

So there were riots around the world. Over 200 people killed. And every mainstream media outlet panicked and refused to show it. The Wall Street Journal, CNN, New York Times. And so that actually added menace to it. Wow, they'll print anything. They won't show what these cartoons are like. They must be awful. No, in fact, they were pretty banal.

Nothing more controversial than what you'd see on the political cartoons in any major newspaper on any subject. Yeah. Yeah. So we had this little magazine called The Western Standard, 40,000 subscribers, based in Western Canada. And we were fortnightly, so we're not hot on the news. So I thought, okay, by the time we published, I thought, everyone else will have shown the cartoons.

Nothing more controversial than what you'd see on the political cartoons in any major newspaper on any subject. Yeah. Yeah. So we had this little magazine called The Western Standard, 40,000 subscribers, based in Western Canada. And we were fortnightly, so we're not hot on the news. So I thought, okay, by the time we published, I thought, everyone else will have shown the cartoons.

Nothing more controversial than what you'd see on the political cartoons in any major newspaper on any subject. Yeah. Yeah. So we had this little magazine called The Western Standard, 40,000 subscribers, based in Western Canada. And we were fortnightly, so we're not hot on the news. So I thought, okay, by the time we published, I thought, everyone else will have shown the cartoons.

So we're not going to go with, ta-da, here's what they are. We'll be more analytical. And we made the point you just did, not all Muslims hold that you can't depict Muslims. We did sort of a think piece kind of thing. The cartoon was not on the cover. It was tucked inside.

So we're not going to go with, ta-da, here's what they are. We'll be more analytical. And we made the point you just did, not all Muslims hold that you can't depict Muslims. We did sort of a think piece kind of thing. The cartoon was not on the cover. It was tucked inside.

So we're not going to go with, ta-da, here's what they are. We'll be more analytical. And we made the point you just did, not all Muslims hold that you can't depict Muslims. We did sort of a think piece kind of thing. The cartoon was not on the cover. It was tucked inside.

But by the time this came off the printing presses, it was clear we were the only people in the country that were going to do this.

But by the time this came off the printing presses, it was clear we were the only people in the country that were going to do this.

But by the time this came off the printing presses, it was clear we were the only people in the country that were going to do this.

And our phones rang off the hook. A lot of people who called... at the time were Muslim, I would say, exiles who said, I didn't come to Canada to have Sharia law follow me across the world. I found that very encouraging. And mostly people just appreciated the fact that we let them decide. And we didn't show the cartoons saying we agree with them.

And our phones rang off the hook. A lot of people who called... at the time were Muslim, I would say, exiles who said, I didn't come to Canada to have Sharia law follow me across the world. I found that very encouraging. And mostly people just appreciated the fact that we let them decide. And we didn't show the cartoons saying we agree with them.

And our phones rang off the hook. A lot of people who called... at the time were Muslim, I would say, exiles who said, I didn't come to Canada to have Sharia law follow me across the world. I found that very encouraging. And mostly people just appreciated the fact that we let them decide. And we didn't show the cartoons saying we agree with them.