"We are being asked to curb our freedom due to the religious sensitivities of others. Since when has that been a standard of free speech discourse in the Western world ??!!
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Actually, we are not being asked to do that at all. Well, we're being asked, but not prohibited. These images have been published in the USA already. They're all over the web.
Live in your little delusional "Islam is a religion of peace" bubble, but I take these people at their word when they say things like "This would never had happened if somebody had slit Rushdie's throat 20 years ago when he slandered Islam."
They are saying to us "Shut up or we will kill you." What don't you understand about that message?