Ideas Are Just Things

[Cato]

Apropos in light of much of the dialogue about free speech in the wake of the Texas shootings associated with the Draw Mohammed event. I heard radio commentators this morning saying they believe in free speech, but the event was only serving to incite those that react violently. Factually this may very well be correct, but their conclusion is what baffled me. The commentators suggested that the event organizers should have voluntarily censored themselves knowing that they risked a violent reaction that put people in harms way. One even tried to equate holding the event to the 'yelling fire in a crowded theater' limitation on free speech.