https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/10/13/shut-up-and-play-nice-how-the-western-world-is-limiting-free-speech/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 00:17:00 -0400<![CDATA[A willingness to confine free speech in the name of social pluralism can be seen at various levels of authority and government. In February, for instance, Pennsylvania Judge Mark Martin heard a case in which a Muslim man was charged with attacking an atheist marching in a Halloween parade as a “zombie Muhammed.” Martin castigated not the defendant but the victim, Ernie Perce, lecturing him that “our forefathers intended to use the First Amendment so we can speak with our mind, not to piss off other people and cultures — which is what you did.”]]>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 10:55:29 -0400<![CDATA[Erika Johnsen]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/10/13/shut-up-and-play-nice-how-the-western-world-is-limiting-free-speech-n280275