‘Skeletons are transgender’? Constitutional expert celebrates ‘the cause of free speech is alive in Europe’

Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, whose career includes teaching the Constitution, advising members of Congress on the Constitution and even representing them in court on constitutional issues, has lauded the fact that “the cause of free speech is alive in Europe.”

He knows this because of one man’s sentence to jail for … his free speech expression.

He explained it is the little-reported case of Emanuel Brunisholz in Switzerland, which infamously was unable to side with the allies against Adolf Hitler in World War II.

The defendant is reportedly about to start a 10-day prison stint “due to his voicing skepticism about claims that skeletons are transgender.”

That’s the concept that skeletons, which in fact exhibit characteristics of being male or female, cannot be defined that way, as a “male” skeleton during his lifetime may have been “female.”

Turley explained, “There is very little coverage of this story. Free speech cases are often downplayed by European media. So, we have only limited information coming from conservative sites.”

What is known is, “In 2022, he responded to a Facebook post by Swiss National Council member Andreas Glarner on the controversy. Some, including academics in the United States, are now claiming that you really cannot gauge the sex of individuals from their skeletons. The wind-instrument repairman thought that such claims were unfounded and posted a comment that said, ‘If you dig up LGBTQI people after 200 years, you’ll only find men and women based on their skeletons. Everything else is a mental illness promoted through the curriculum.'”

Police knocked on his door and prosecutors weren’t far behind, claiming he engaged in “hate speech” and “public belittling.”

“If true, this sounds like just another absurd use of the criminal conduct to silence those with opposing views. However, a court actually convicted him and then another court upheld the conviction. He was ordered to pay a fine or go to jail. He is now going to jail for simply expressing his view, a view supported by many scientists and citizens,” Turley said.

He described how the case shows that free speech in Europe is in free fall.

“I spoke in Berlin at the World Forum, where European leaders gathered in one of the most strikingly anti-free speech conferences I have attended. This year’s forum embraced the slogan ‘A New World Order with European Values.’ That ‘new world order’ is based on an aggressive anti-free speech platform that has been enforced for years by the European Union,” he said.

Some anti-free speech campaigners, in fact, are inviting the EU to attack U.S. companies with sanctions for not censoring Americans, he said.

“Yet, there remain brave free speech advocates and groups still struggling to restore this indispensable right to their countries. By going to jail, Brünisholz is bringing needed attention to the crackdown on free speech in that country. Despite the disgraceful role of the courts in this effort, citizens like Brünisholz show that the cause of free speech is alive in Europe.”