How the Dutch Stopped Being Decent and Dull

The Dutch have long prided themselves on being the most tolerant, most progressive, most enlightened country in the world, a beacon of multiculturalism, a haven for pot smokers, a place where gay equality and the right to euthanasia were championed, and immigrants and refugees from all parts of the world were welcomed. Liberalism became almost a badge of national identity, so much so that Mr. Wilders uses gay rights and gender equality as sticks to beat Muslims by characterizing them as less tolerant.