My story: The price of freedom

I have been harassed and attacked by far-left and far-right extremists.

Photo of Peter Imanuelsen, also known as PeterSweden.

For those of you who haven’t been following me for that long, you might not know that it has not always been easy for me to stand up for what is right. I am the victim of attacks by far-left extremists, and I have also received harassment and threats from far-right extremists.

And no, I’m not only talking about threats against me online (which has also happened), but real physical attacks, not only against me, but my family as well.

When both the far-left and the far-right hates me, you know I must be doing something right. The hilarious thing is, the far-left have come with completely false accusations against me of being ”far-right”, meanwhile the far-right have come with completely false accusations of me being ”far-left”.

We live in a world where extremists attempt to bully and intimidate people that stand for that which is good. It is a cowardly tactic because they know that their ideas don’t stand up to scrutiny. So they resort to try and scare their opponents into silence.

Let me make one thing clear. I will not stop standing for freedom and that which is good.

I have received death threats from both the far-left and the far-right. I will not be intimidated.

PeterSweden @PeterSweden7

I have been physically attacked by ANTIFA on the streets. Far-left extremists have poisoned my family's dog. I have received death threats from far-right extremists. My car has been vandalized. I stand for freedom and I refuse to be intimidated.

The attacks against me started all the way back in 2017, when I was trying to bring to light what was happening in my home country of Sweden. Already back then, Sweden had a rape crisis, and crime was only getting worse and worse with many so called no-go zones forming all over Sweden.

Sweden has had a shocking 42 936 reported rapes in the last 5 years. I care about women, so I decided that someone had to speak up for them.

I recently wrote an in depth article about the Swedish rape crisis.

The truth about the Swedish rape crisis.

The media wasn’t covering the problems in Sweden, so I did. You would think that the left would be really concerned about these issues in Sweden, especially since they claim to be so concerned about women’s rights. But no, I am the one that got attacked by the far-left for trying to talk about these issues.

I was doxed.

One of the first things to happen to me was that a British far-left extremist organization called ”Hope Not Hate” doxed me. They wrote an article containing uncountable number of lies and libelous claims about me that have been PROVEN to be false. They claimed I had said nasty things that I had never said.

They even came with the hilarious claim that I’m British. When they even got that basic fact wrong, you know that their article is nothing but lies. But they did publish my home address on the internet for all of their ANTIFA buddies to see…

And I was only 22 years old at the time when this happened. I don’t think anybody, much less someone of my age would be ready for this kind of attack against themselves, not only with the libelous slander, but also having their private home address published by extremists.

This would probably have been enough to scare most people into silence. But this has only made me stronger and more resilient against evil. I have learned to face hardships the hard way.

Oh, and this ”Hope Not Hate” organization has actually been called a far-left extremists by the Swedish Defence Ministry. Even Sweden, being a socialist country, thinks that the people who doxed me are extremists.

And guess what. Shortly after that I got a comment on my YouTube channel threatening the family dog. Only a few weeks later, the dog was poisoned and nearly died.

Someone had left a piece of food outside the house with poison in it for the dog to eat. Absolutely pure evil. They tried to kill a dog because they didn’t like someone. Who does that?

The dog was suffering in agony all night, and we thought he wouldn’t make it. But when morning came, against all odds he was getting better and managed to pull through.

You can watch my YouTube video I did on this at the time for more details.

Again, I refuse to be intimidated. This just means that I am doing something right.

I was attacked by ANTIFA.

A few years later I remember traveling to Oslo to do some video interviews on the street (I did quite a lot of that before covid). Now in Oslo there are quite a few ANTIFA people, they actually decided to occupy a house there and they were never removed by police.

So effectively the far-left just seized a house and decided to stay there and authorities somehow let that happen. Huh, wonder why you haven’t heard anything about that on the news? And those ANTIFA people are known to have committed acts of violence before. I once heard from a Norwegian politician that some friends of his had been severely injured after being attacked by ANTIFA. Weirdly that kind of thing goes ignored by the media.

Anyway, I was on the street doing an interview with the Libertarian party of Norway, when one of these ANTIFA people walking past apparently recognized my face and attacked me from the back without warning while yelling some nasty slurs at me and threatening me.

I have been recognized in public several times, and they have always been friendly supporters, except this person. Thankfully I wasn’t hurt, but it was a bit shocking to just be randomly attacked like that on the street.

This was nothing more than an intimidation tactic. Trying to make me scared of walking the streets. Sadly this is usually something that the far-left does. It really is no different than the Communist tactics of old.

You can watch my video on what happened here.

Again. I will not be intimidated. I will stand for freedom.

My car got vandalized.

Things didn’t stop there. Later, my car got vandalized, presumably by someone trying to send a message. A car is just a material thing, but imagine someone doing such a thing just because they disagreed with someone’s political opinions. It really is hard to understand.

Except this is a common tactic used by both Communists and Nazis. They use threats and violence to harass people that they disagree with. Just look at how the Soviet Union treated dissidents, people who had opinions that didn’t align with the state. It really is disgusting.

Thankfully they are not in power now, otherwise one could just imagine the horrors and atrocities that would be committed. But this should serve as a warning as to how important it is to make sure the horrors of history are not repeated, because that same evil is still around and we must make sure to never let our guard down and let it take root.

Freedom is not always free. It takes courage to stand up for what is right and it can be costly. Not to say that I am always a courageous person, but I try my best. One thing is for certain, I will not bow down to far-left or far-right mobs. I will continue to stand for that which is good and just.

Now, more than ever, we need to work together to promote freedom, democracy and human rights.

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