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Here is why free speech is so worth defending, and why it is so particularly important in the USA. In Europe, they just upheld laws prohibiting the criticism of religion or religious figures. It's mind-boggling. aa.com.tr/en/europe/defa… 1/
This is truly ridiculous. European Court of Human Rights [sic] rules that defaming the Prophet Muhammed “goes beyond the permissible limits of an objective debate" & "could stir up prejudice" and thus exceeds permissible limits of freedom of expression. aa.com.tr/en/europe/defa… 2/
Do the judges know their own philosophical heritage? Did they bypass the Enlightenment altogether? These are the sort of people who gave us witch-burning centuries ago. 3/
