Free Speech for all, as long as you're nice to whites.

Often times a question is posed to Americans as to whether or not a Nazi flag should be allowed to be displayed. Most will say "Yes, it's the first amendment right. They have the right to be an asshole".

Now let's not make any bones about it here: the Nazi flag is a flag used today by Europeans (or European-Americans) to signify national socialism for a White supremacy ideology. To put it more succint: it represents white racism against non-whites. This said, it is considered "okay" to be displayed. 

Now, I wondered if this reflects some type of tradition for a respect for freedom of expression, regardless of the political or social end.

Apparently not: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=57375 

When it represents Black Libertation ideology, even if taking place in a foreign country not subject to U.S. laws and regulations, U.S. officials are legally and generally socially justified in stripping the two men of their olympic medals. Media outlets call it "nasty", "un-American", and other sorts of labels. 

Any support of White supremacist hate seems to be acquiesed to by society and media at large (look at most of U.S. history for proof of this - slaver, segregation, etc.) yet historical movements against the white structure have always been suspect (Civil Rights movements and the hosing of protesters, Rosa Parks criticism, even the recent Gates situation with the police). When whites attack non-whites, it is glossed over or justified (lynchings allowed for decades on end, burning crosses in yards, churches burnt down, the plethora of youtube videos showing McCain supporters and their racist comments, or the Philadelphia private pool discrimination, "it's their private business right to discriminate").

You see, when Blacks emphasize some sort of resistance against an oppressive system, it's terms for punishment. When Whites do it, "their rights are protected".

Gotcha.