{"id":30693,"date":"2012-10-18T18:58:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T00:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/double-standards-on-free-speech.html"},"modified":"2012-10-22T10:57:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T16:57:45","slug":"double-standards-on-free-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/18\/double-standards-on-free-speech.html","title":{"rendered":"Double-standards on free speech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once you start banning offensive writings and publications, you inevitably fall prey to inconsistency (or else ban pretty much <i>everything<\/i>).<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn1.tabletmag.com%2Fwp-content%2Ffiles_mf%2Fmoynihan_101512_220px90.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/jewish-news-and-politics\/113948\/what-the-islamists-get-right'>The Islamists Are Right About Europe&#39;s Free-Speech Double Standard<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat the Islamists Get Right: It\u2019s time to admit that banning Mein Kampf while allowing anti-Islam cartoons is a double-standard\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/6mZNJe3Sg1g' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once you start banning offensive writings and publications, you inevitably fall prey to inconsistency (or else ban pretty much everything). 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