Blue Byline » Ambassador Chris Stevens http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline A cop's perspective of the news and South Sound matters Fri, 17 May 2013 15:06:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Free speech on the street and in a dangerous world http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/09/27/free-speech-on-the-street-and-in-a-dangerous-world/ http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/2012/09/27/free-speech-on-the-street-and-in-a-dangerous-world/#comments Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:45:15 +0000 Brian O'Neill http://blog.thenewstribune.com/bluebyline/?p=2158

When gunmen stormed the house occupied by Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens, killing him and three former Navy Seals working as private contractors, they must have hoped their actions would fracture our Arabic partnerships and test the mettle of our resolve in their part of the world. They were correct.

Had they also guessed that their murderous rampage would have us questioning the very framework of our democracy – the right to free speech – they would have again, and unfortunately, been correct.

As news on the tragic event in Libya unfolded, we watched hate-filled mobs burn our flag, storm our …

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