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Explaining free speech more necessary than merely defending it

Rachel Maddow outlines what details are known about the origins of the video that has sparked protests across the Middle East, and reviews the history of violent reactions by Muslims to slights both perceived and actual, and points out that a large part of the problem with the current round of protests is the flat-out misunderstanding of the American right to free speech.