25,000 Muslims March in England to call for laws to Silence Critics of Islam.

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IMO, there is a difference between censoring speech, and reminding people that speech has consequences. If you are an inveterate racist who cannot keep his opinions to himself, you will probably lose friends and potentially employment. But the government won't lock you up for it. Advocating harm to others may be restricted depending on the circumstances, though I wonder how many imams have been locked up for declaring a fatwah on others or making veiled threats or just referring to people or governments as SATAN. Because that all sounds like hate speech to me, but I'm guessing that none of those 25,000 marchers want that particular speech to be curtailed.

In case you are not aware, hate speech laws do exist in Great Britain see here and here. Perhaps what the 25, 000 Muslims who marched wanted was the same speech protection afforded to dead British soldiers and dead police officers in the UK. What they are saying is, why can't those same laws extend to those who insult our dead Prophet? Which is a legally watertight argument, even if not socially.