Seriously? Are you going to quote me every time I make a post and claim you don't know what I'm talking about?
Who started the: You can't be upset about freedom of speech, you have to accept it, basically suck it up or feck off? Well, guess who's upset now.
I have always had the position that: No, if you don't like something, no matter what it is, there is no problem with expressing your anger/emotions, however, you have to do it in a civilized and peaceful way. Hence why I have no problem with him or the protests, and he shouldn't have a problem with them either. They're merely expressing their emotions/opinions in a peaceful way.
As for the difference (why protest now in masses, not then), it has nothing to do with murder, or "lives". I could also call the protestors in Paris "wankers" because they only cared about 12 dead people, but not millions others who are killed across the world. Those protests in Paris weren't about the "dead" but about a principle, 'freedom of speech'. In the Muslims' case, similarly the principle was about their 'faith, and respect'. It's not a competition of "who doesn't care about lives more", it was about expressing two different opinions of two groups of people, and making a stand about it.