Larry Flynt on the Danish Cartoons
Posted in Global War On Terror, Jihad Watch, Liberty, Politics by Jason
on February 16, 2006 No Comments yet
For those of you who do not know, it was Flynt, Hustler Magazine’s Publisher, in the landmark Supreme Court case Flynt v. Falwell [yes, that Falwell] that forced this Country to decide that offending religious sensibilities was protected speech.
That was only 30 years ago folks.
Flynt:
Freedom of speech is only important if you’re gonna offend someone; if you’re not gonna offend someone, you don’t need free speech.
No shit.
Read the rest of the interview here.
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Checksum Crusader » Blog Archive » Larry is Right says:
February 20, 2006 at 2:12 am
Comments[...] I have not written much about the latest “cartoon” incident, but I say this over at the Golden Gate and thought it hit the nail on the head: Freedom of speech is only important if you’re gonna offend someone; if you’re not gonna offend someone, you don’t need free speech. [...]