Our Freedom of Expression Is Killing Us

[Yo_Mama]

130. People are always offended by new truths

The video being blamed for all the violence (erroneous in the case of the Ambassador's and other staffers' deaths) was merely a disrespectful treatment of the prophet. It was not hate speech.

First, it is pretext and not the reason for the Libyan murders, which were clearly an inside job, and probably revenge for Gaddafi's death.

Second, if you allow nutcases to determine what is acceptable speech, the world will become an insane asylum.

More than 80% of Egyptians believe that a Muslim who changes religion or says that he doesn't believe in Islam should be executed. That's their idea of civil rights.

It is not hate speech to point out that I think our idea of civil rights is better, and that we evolved our idea of civil rights as a result of free speech which changed the mind of the public. Our culture is entirely dependent upon freedom of expression and freedom of religion, and theirs is entirely dependent upon the opposite.