On Friday, I wrote a short blog post about cartoonist Gary Trudeau, who in the process of receiving a George Polk journalism award, said the murdered cartoonists at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo “wandered into the realm of hate speech” and that “free speech…… becomes its own kind of fanaticism.” I encourage you to read my short post in full, but I was appalled by Trudeau’s remarks and said they were the “free speech equivalent of suggesting [Charlie Hebdo cartoonists] had it coming because they were wearing short skirts.”

Well, anyway, the man who runs the George Polk awards didn’t much like what I had to say. He sent the following letter, which is reproduced in full below: