Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.

[Ghost14]

Re: Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.

@Huma

Perhaps chachi Clinton could explain why her fancy speech about internet/press freedom does not apply to Wikileaks.

“When ideas are blocked, information deleted, conversations stifled, and people constrained in their choices, the internet is diminished for all of us. The United States wants the internet to remain a space where economic, political, and social exchanges flourish. To do that, we need to protect people who exercise their rights online.”

Lol and then there’s Bradley Manning facing capital punishment. If he and Julian Assange violated the Espionage Act, so did the New York Times, The Guardian, and 3 other major newspapers from around the world. The obtained, distributed and communicated classified documents. So do the newspapers’ owners/editors/journalists etc deserve the death penalty or lengthy jail sentences too?

No they didn’t. And many Americans consider those actions to be an abuse of power.

There is a double standard, but the point people like Hitchens have made is that questioning or insulting Islam results in violence, so it becomes an Islam vs Free Speech issue. If we just ignored the hate mongers, they would stop receiving publicity. Instead, we do the monkey dance every time.