Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.

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Re: Freedom of speech & Western hypocrisy.

@arshad5

surely the government has an obligation to act on the sentiment of a vast number of its own citizens and for the social cohesion of its own society, if nothing else.

Incorrect.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

This is the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, it forbids the government to act against non threatening speech be it offensive to the few or to the many.