Censorship in the United States

Title: Neil Gaiman’s journal: Why defend freedom of icky speech
Hyperlink: http://journal.neilgaiman.com/2008/12/why-defend-freedom-of-icky-speech.html

Describe (Summarize):
The article is written by Neil Gaiman, the author of the comic book,' Sandman'. He is actively participating in an organisation which supports freedom of speech in comic books. He argued about the logic of freedom of speech and discussed how one person's obscenity can be another's art. Freedom of speech to him, is not about defending what you like and standing up for what you think is right, it's more about just basically giving everyone a chance to speak out, regardless of their stand.
"What makes it worth defending? and the only answer I can give is this: Freedom to write, freedom to read, freedom to own material that you believe is worth defending means you're going to have to stand up for stuff you don't believe is worth defending, even stuff you find actively distasteful, because laws are big blunt instruments that do not differentiate between what you like and what you don't, because prosecutors are humans and bear grudges and fight for re-election, because one person's obscenity is another person's art.Because if you don't stand up for the stuff you don't like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you've already lost."
Extracted from: Neil Gaiman’s journal: Why defend freedom of icky speech

2) Analyze assumptions:
Americans have conflicting ideals about freedom of speech. Some assumed that freedom of speech implicates the censorship of certain contents while others think of it as a platform to express themselves and their art freely without any restrictions. In society, more and more artists are being marked down and prosecuted for their free expression. They find out that the limits of expression are going beyond them and they can no longer speak their mind. The writer clearly states that the true meaning of freedom of speech is whereby one can say what he likes, write what he likes, and know that the remedy to someone saying or writing or showing something that offends you is not to read it, or to speak out against it.