Christopher Hitchens was the driving force behind a pro-Denmark/pro-free speech held at the Danish Embassy today. Michelle Malkin has compiled a great list of bloggers who covered the event, including many with photo and video.

You can watch video of a brief statement by Hitchens at Expose the Left, who obtained the video from the Age of Hooper, where you can also see many photos from the event.

200 isn't a bad number for attendance, but here's my question... Where are all the free speech lefties? Where are the ACLU types? Where's the Hollywood left? These people can amass tens of thousands anytime they want to fight for the right to kill babies or whatever idiotic pet project they have on a given week... They can flood the streets of New York with all sorts of elaborate pseudo-parade floats screaming swears and letting middle fingers fly on live television over the RNC convention simple being held in the city... But freedom of speech comes under attack from Muslims around the world, the US media is largely cowering from the cartoon "protestors", yet the left can't find time to support Denmark and free speech!?

The left claim on many occasions to recognize the importance of free speech, but when it comes to insulting Islam they are no where to be found... Are they just busy? Clooney must be writing more Abramoff jokes? The musicians are too setting up an anti-war concert in NY... Where's Michael Moore though? Surely he'd be at a rally to support free speech when it's under world wide attack, right?

I suppose they all cancelled when they found out the event didn't have a dress code that included anarchy t-shirts, ski masks, and a molotov cocktail for each hand. The left was also probably disappointed to find out the event wouldn't be distracting hundreds of police from real police work because they had no reason to believe this group was going to get out of hand and cause any sort of mayhem or vandalism, the way lefty protests usually do.

Yeah, don't worry American left, this isn't an important issue... Just freedom of speech under attack around the globe that has so far resulted in the deaths of hundreds and the burnings of countless buildings, embassies, and fast food joints, all over a couple stupid cartoons. You should be much more concerned about the Tookie Williams of the world and whether they should not get put to death for being serial murderers. Your priorities are on target folks... really.

More blogger reax (many with rally photos):
Soldiers' Angels Germany, The Larsonian, Kim Priestap, Liberty Just In Case, Iowa Voice, Mazurland, The Political Pit Bull

It all looks and sounds a bit different from the New Black Panther Party's "protest" held at the same location the other day. Malik Zulu Shabazz was only able to get a dozen (give or take) idiots in masks to come chant their nutcasery, and threaten the counter protesters.