“the only freedom that really counts is the freedom to be wrong”

A great piece by Hussein Ibish on the manner with which the US dealt with the Koran-burning episode. The author offers deep insight into the nature of free speech and the importance of protecting it:

If virtually everyone agrees that something makes sense, it need not be protected by absolute guarantees of personal liberty. It’s only when an action or concept seems obviously and completely wrong, even immoral, to large majorities and social mainstreams that it requires a robust constitutional defense.

So true. And still, there’s a concept I still can’t really understand: “Hate speech”. When does free speech becomes hate speech and who decides what the difference is?