Exactly Lawrence. It seems to me that in the States the same people that bang on about free speech are those that would stop anyone criticizing the war against terror, Bush, American foreign policy etc. etc, and whose 'tolerance' for free speech wouldn't stretch as far as gay people. In that sense of the phrase, 'Free Speech' is the last refuse of the hypocrite.
Over here, according to the right-wing press, if you disagree with them you are part of a 'metropolitan cultural elite' determined to suppress freedom of expression. The implication being that nothing you say can be of any value. For fuck's sake.
Welcome to HH - Home of the Metropolitan Cultural Elite!
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