"That's the point. It's offensive speech that requires legal protection. If you don't believe in freedom of speech for offense of speech, you don't believe in freedom of speech at all...... But any original thinking on almost any issue is likely to be controversial and offensive to someone, .....
Ezra and I have a higher opinion of Canadians that Agent McGovern and her fellow thought police do. They think you're wee sensitive delicate creatures who need to be protected by the state from anything that might discombobulate you. We think that, as citizens of one of the oldest settled constitutional democracies on the planet, you're perfectly capable of deciding for yourself what you want read. You don't need your opinions monitored by government enforcers, some of whom are incompetent., others of whom are corrupt, and none of whom should have the powers they have."
Mark Steyn. Forward to "Shakedown"
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