Coming Out of the Woodwork

So, some people are vastly upset about our cherished right to independently investigate the truth for ourselves... so upset, in fact, that they've calumniated Denmark and, by extension, Europe.

Could this process, this public and widespread attack on rational thought -and freedom of speech which supports rational thought- could this be our modern-day "Balkan spark" that ignites the oil-fumes and hot air surrounding us?