[popdonnelly]

These prosecutions of Fallaci are criminal in themselves. The Left often whines about the loss of freedom, but these so-called "hate" statutes are causing us all to lose our freedom of speech. This is one aspect of the game the Left always plays - free speech is for me (the Left) and not for you. Say something critical of Islam and you will be branded a "hater". It's ironic that I can walk into any bookstore in this country and pick up a copy of "Mein Kampf", or the latest hateful screed from, say, Michael Moore. But an important mind like Fallaci gets trashed by our self-appointed guardians of the public good.

[David]

Liberals have great difficulty living with freedom of speech. Invariably, you look at Campus protests that are designed to keep speakers from speaking by providing excess noise that overwhelms the speech--the excess noise that ends the speech comes from liberals; the speaker is exploring thoughts they don't like.

True everwhere.

Liberalism requires a dictatorship to survive. Freedom of thought and speech brings liberals and socialists down.