desan
President (40k+ posts)
No, you are dragging it in the wrong direction.
Freedom of speech doesnt depend on lobbies, you can say whatever you want against the strongest lobbies, against Zionism, against republicans and Trump, against the oil lobbies etc its all allowed.
But you are not allowed to spread hate against a group of people whether its Jews or Muslims.
The theme is ideas vs human beings. Its got nothing to do with lobbies.
West will never allow certain religions to receive special treatment and be immune from criticism and mockery, even Judaism is not safe from that.
But if we are talking about Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism then that is a completely different topic. I don't think anyone in West will disagree with you that lives and properties of Muslims should be safeguarded. Muslims are already protected from hate speech under freedom of Speech. Islam is an ideology like Judaism, Nazism, Bolshevism, Zionism etc and therefore it is not protected.
Here's a video of Richard Dawkins mocking and making fun of Jewish 10 commandments nothing happened to him.
This is the unbridled power in a country that is purveyor of Freedom of Speech!!!