having thought about this a little more along the inconsistency lines and doing a little research I find that we often speak of the freedoms "universally" for the US, but there still exist criminal penalties as well as insult laws in seventeen states in the US. The amusing part is that they are rarely used unless for an authoritarian gain. The other part of this is that the United States is a signatory to at least six International treaties that outlaw any repression of speech no matter how inflammatory or defamatory.
Inconsistencies - you bet
An old article reminded me of the absolute horror our parents had of the people that performed the music we grew up with (to the extent that records we listened to were burned in huge bonfires in this country) - and now that same Hendrix and the Who music is used to sell Cadillacs and as theme music for mainstream TV shows
