[Hawk1976]

Gee, those idiots at the state department are just as bad as any enemy we have. He should have said freedom of speech means you can say what you want, even if it offends others.

Instead it looks like he was saying WE find them offensive. WHY? I don't know about him but I have more sense than that.

It doesn't matter, so it's cartoons this time. Seriously is there a point where muslims aren't running through the streets with rocks and torches?

[El Gato]

He should have said freedom of speech means you can say what you want, even if it offends others.

He did. He also said that it might not be responsible to print something, but you could print whatever you wanted as far as the State Department was concerned. To quote, he said:

" I think I made it very clear that our defense of freedom of expression and the ability of individuals and media organizations to engage in free expression is forthright and it is strong, you know. This is -- our First Amendment rights, the freedom of expression, are some of the most strongly held and dearly held views that we have here in America. And certainly nothing that I said, I would hope, would imply any diminution of that support."