Americans are privileged to enjoy speech rights that are the envy of the world. Nobody was attempting to “ruin” anyone’s speech rights. Griffin did not use mockery to effect change, but to invite derision through a powerfully hateful image. Griffin chose as a symbol for mockery an icon of Islamist terrorism that is a byword for unspeakable cruelty and barbarism. Griffin co-opted our historical moment’s ultimate expression of evil to convey her personal contempt for Trump.

Source: National Post June 07, 2017 13:30 UTC