Bill Blum: How Free Is Free Speech in America? - Bill Blum - Truthdig
If the terror attacks in Paris have a silver lining, it is that they
have sparked an outpouring of support for freedom of speech across the
globe and across the ideological spectrum. According to The Associated
Press, even Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah,
the leader of Hezbollah, has weighed in on the side of enlightenment,
saying “that radicals have done more to disparage the Muslim prophet
than journalists who published satirical cartoons mocking Islam.”
Here in the U.S., the outrage has been virtually nonstop, expressed by media outlets, satirists and comedians, and in a marked display of solidarity, by Republican and Democratic party leaders.
