Charles's little red ken problem

Charles Johnson relays the news of Ken Livingstone's suspension as Mayor of London for four weeks, and even provides his minions with a few nudges as to how they're supposed to feel about it ("ugly antisemitic comments", "certainly deserves censure", "support for Islamofascist ... much more dangerous"). Fine. The adjudication panel never said Ken's comments were anti-semitic, merely hurtful, but we can all agree they were inappropriate and stupid.

Problem is, that's what a lot of people said about the Danish Mohammed cartoons Charles has been making such a hoo-ha about, decrying anybody who finds them offensive as the vanguard of Islamofascism and a dangerous threat to free speech. When it comes to insulting Jewish journalists though, Charles is strangely anti-(drunken) free speech.

Of course, Charles is free to spout whatever he likes on his 'weblog'. But he shouldn't be surprised if a lot of people don't take him very seriously anymore...