The most powerful antidote to bigotry is sunlight. And, there is no brighter spotlight that we can cast on hate speech than protecting the absolute freedom of the haters to reveal their hatred. Ergo, the single most important free speech right that we must preserve is the right to spew hate.
Conservatives, meanwhile, cried foul and accused the media of bias. This is also true. President Trump or President Bush would not have received a similarly favorable cover-up from the media. Instead, they would have been deluged with wall-to-wall coverage accusing them of racism.
Betwixt the two is this unasked question. "What made it necessary for the media to spike this story to protect President Obama's reputation?" The answer to this question is very revealing
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