And this whole line of 'reasoning' by liberals that suggests or wants to contend that only speech that does not offend should be 'free' is absurd - the whole point of free speech lies in its ability to offend because otherwise without that potentiality it ceases being free speech and instead becomes allowed speech - and who then will be so ordained to judge what's allowed and what isn't? What august authority draws that line? Hell, since liberals take offense to almost anything conservatives say according to the logic of this Obama would then be justified in unilaterally shutting down Fox News.
Likewise this contention that somehow a person is free to criticize or lampoon Christianity or Judaism or Mormonism or Buddhism but not Islam is equally absurd - because what you're saying or implying with that is that Islam is beyond reproach, perfect - because what logically follows a denial of the right to criticize something is the assumption that there's nothing there that can be legitimately criticized - and that's just manifestly idiotic and an abuse of common sense. According to this logic the entire Protestant faith is a mistake that should never have been allowed to happen since Luther was offending catholics.
[this related story is quite revealing - not only regarding the meaning of free speech but also how it shows that even 'Westernized' Muslims struggle with acceptance of the core values that make and made the West the West - possibly chief among which were all those things in Western culture that led to us having the right to think and say what we want]
Likewise this contention that somehow a person is free to criticize or lampoon Christianity or Judaism or Mormonism or Buddhism but not Islam is equally absurd - because what you're saying or implying with that is that Islam is beyond reproach, perfect - because what logically follows a denial of the right to criticize something is the assumption that there's nothing there that can be legitimately criticized - and that's just manifestly idiotic and an abuse of common sense. According to this logic the entire Protestant faith is a mistake that should never have been allowed to happen since Luther was offending catholics.
[this related story is quite revealing - not only regarding the meaning of free speech but also how it shows that even 'Westernized' Muslims struggle with acceptance of the core values that make and made the West the West - possibly chief among which were all those things in Western culture that led to us having the right to think and say what we want]
