Freedom of Speech

The following comment was left on my post about Kanye West (whose name by the way I always pronouce incorrectly) and since it was left annonymously I have no one to ask permission to quote.
"The great thing about our country is we all get to say what we feel and believe. Whether you agree with him or not, he has the right to say what he thinks."

Ofcourse he is free to say what he likes. OFCOURSE he is. I wasnt questioning his right to say it, or anyones right to say anything. Its about the appropriate time to say certain things. If I was at a funeral would it be the appropriate time to say what a #()*)^%_ I think the recently dead was? No! When on a telethon asking people Americans to donate money, is that the right time to say how racist America is?

I have heard this before. Any time someone questions a comment they find offensive in public, out comes "he has a right to say it." That is rarely if ever the point. Sometimes certain things need to remain inner dialouge and not out in public. Rarely if ever have I heard someones right to speak question so much as WHAT they say. Comes down to something simple. Think before you speak.