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Why Defending Free Speech Is More Important than Criticizing Bigotry
by Andrew C. McCarthy https://www.legal-project.org/3047/why-defending-free-speech-is-more-important-than Excerpt: Mitt Romney is being pilloried in the press for playing politics with the attacks on our embassy in Egypt and consulate in Libya. But Romney was right to make an issue of what he termed the president's "disgraceful" response to the crisis — even though Romney was originally responding to a statement put out by our embassy in Cairo several hours before the attacks occurred. The fact is, the administration's response wasn't quite so craven in its groveling before the Islamists, but it reflected the exact same sentiments: it acknowledged that American bigotry was at the heart of the protests that resulted in the murders of our diplomats in Benghazi and the outrageous attack on our embassy in Cairo and failed utterly in defending our core values, including freedom of speech. Read the complete original version of this item... Related Topics: Blasphemy in the Muslim World, Islamist Violence or Threats of Physical Violence Against Speech, Pressure Tactics Against Free Speech, Willful Blindness & PC Problems receive the latest by email: subscribe to the legal project's free mailing list Note: The content of external articles does not necessarily reflect the views of The Legal Project. |
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