Right-Wing Extremists Misrepresenting President Obama On First Amendment

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(By Andrew MacKie-Mason)

The Daily Caller has hit a new low with an article titled "Obama caves to Romney, embraces free speech for critics of Islam," in which Neil Munro falsely asserts that the President switched positions from "condemning" criticisms of Islam to "supporting" Americans' First Amendment rights.

I've been very critical of those who call for sanctions on Sam Bacile for his juvenile "movie", sanctions that would violate the First Amendment. But the President has not once said anything that undermines anyone's First Amendment right to criticize Islam in the most offensive way they can. He has condemned — rightly — idiots like Bacile, who add nothing of substance to any meaningful conversation, and nothing of value to society. But that in no way suggests that he does not fully support First Amendment protection for that speech, any more than a condemnation of the racist speech of the Ku Klux Klan suggests anything other than support for the First Amendment. Protecting speech does not involve pretending that the speech of people like Bacile is anything but offensive crap.