Apparently, we support vandalism now

So says Mr. Nuance, anyway. He really doesn't look like a man who's winning an argument, does he?

Damian P.

Update: Kinsella updates his post, and inadvertently undermines his own argument:

In linking to this Gazette column, Kathy Shaidle - who professes to be a Christian - calls the young Muslim students who objected to Mark Steyn calling them vermin, "motherf**king parasites." If you are getting the impression that simply quoting Steyn's acolytes is enough to horrify most right-thinking people, you'd be right. That's why I quote them so often. There's nothing I can say that damns them more effectively than their own words.

The thing is, this is basically my argument against criminalizing offensive speech. If Mohammed Elmasry believes all Israeli adults are legitimate targets for terrorism, or if David Ahenakew believes Hitler was on to something, I want them to feel free to tell us about it. Heck, I want them to shout it from the rooftops. Otherwise, I might be fooled into taking their opinions on other subjects seriously.

Question: if hate speech should be censored by the government, why does Kinsella reprint it and link to it on his own blog? (Because you're a bigot, that's why.)

Posted by damian at February 25, 2008 08:41 AM