Listen, I support free speech as much as the next guy, I’m really one of the biggest supporters of free speech you will ever meet.

But one shouldn’t be allowed to criticize the government by drawing historical comparisons between their actions and patterns that have repeated themselves in human history. It’s dangerous and might upset people.

You have to drawn a line. You can’t scream “fire” in a burning theater.

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Why is it that any self-proclaimed free-speech supporter follows the claim with an arbitrary exception? Anyway, here, for balance: The closest parallel we can find to what Israel is doing is found in Nazi Germany—complete with Goebbels-grade propaganda dehumanizing and demonizing the victims.

Careful there, free speech certainly doesn't mean you can criticize the actions of governments. People get touchy about that stuff.