Let me start off by saying I think Michael Savage is a individual with despicable views, in fact let me correct that he’s a man with despicable views that are dangerous. Michael Savage in my opinion is definitely an asshole but as I’ve always said even assholes have the right to free speech. Now thanks to the British government Michael Savage is an asshole with a lot of press & yet another free speech martyr.

Michael Savage is a US based conservative radio talk show host; he generally blames liberals for everything & generally is something of a bigoted. But to be fair the kind of views that Savage expresses aren’t to dissimilar to the views you’d hear in any Chavy pub. But hey we live with the notion that government can ban or punish whoever expresses an opinion its not willing to tolerate. Never mind the notion that all individuals have the right to free speech because free speech is long dead here in Britain; its now merely a privilege which is only for those who express opinions that the British government is prepared to tolerate.

The British government barring entrance to Michael Savage is another day for free speech not long after the previous bad day free speech back in February when Dutch politician Geert Wilders was barred from entering Britain because he had some negative things to say about Islam. Well I doubt Savage has anything positive to say about Islam either but neither do I have anything great to say about Islam but I’m an anti-theist & don’t have anything positive to say about organised religion period. Yeah its pretty obvious I’ve got strong opinions & so due to my own self interest I worry about the illustration which is set by barring individuals from entering the country because they happen to hold opinions the government doesn’t like. It’s an illustration that you can only hold & express opinions which the government is prepared to tolerate. In other words you’re no longer entitled to your opinion unless government approves of that opinion & though this seems to of only been directed at foreign nationals trying to enter the country really this is going to be the case for those of us living in Britain.

Now when I say it’s a dangerous precedence for government infringing free speech its almost feels like a cliché but it is a dangerous precedence but I know nobody will take any serious note. Let me ask this do you like government telling you what you should think or say? Well this exactly what’s going on but people won’t know it until they try express an opinion which government doesn’t approve of…As the old saying goes people don’t know what liberty is until they no longer have it.