It's easy to defend freedom of speech as a universal human right when you agree with what's being said. When what is being said is heretical, bigoted, abohorrent, ugly, and regressive, it's much more difficult.
That is to say- when it's WikiLeaks, everybody is an advocate for Free Speech. The Internet Tough Guys come out in force to punish Enemies Of Freedom. Justice is (sort of) done.
But when it's some bigoted asshole with a stupid, poorly written and sparsely read anti-Muslim WordPress blog, there is no call for justice. His (nearly unreadable) blog simply goes silent, and the Enemies Of Freedom pat themselves on the back for a job well done.
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