posted at 12:41 pm on September 12, 2012 by Ed Morrissey Why stop there ? Let's round up the journalists who initially reported on Occupy and charge them with accessory to rape . Oh, wait, we have freedom of speech in this country? Silly us: MIKE BARNICLE: Given this supposed minister's role in last year's riots in Afghanistan, where people died, and given his apparent or his alleged role in this film, where, not yet nailed down, but at least one American, perhaps the American ambassador is dead, it might be time for the Department of Justice to start viewing his role as an accessory before or after the fact. DONNY DEUTSCH: I was thinking the same thing, yeah. If you're thinking about prosecuting someone for non-violent speech because of the violent reaction of others, then you might be an idiot .  Whatever else one thinks of Jones, he has the right to oppose Islam and to make films that take a critical look at Mohammed.  Our freedom of speech -- and in this case, of religious practice through comparative criticism -- does not get trumped by rioting mobs on the other side of the globe.  It's perfectly fine for people to criticize Jones and his efforts -- that's also free speech -- but calling for his prosecution for his speech and religious practice defies everything for which the First Amendment stands. One might think that journalists would know this better than anyone else ... but apparently not, at least