Is there a line between exercising free speech and acting in poor taste?

Pam Geller is the founder of the organization “American Freedom Defense Initiative,” an organization that has been labeled by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an anti-Muslim hate group. She recently organized a Muhammad cartoon contest that was recently attacked by two gunman. Accused by critics of provoking this response, Geller stands by her right of exercising free speech. The Canadian government is also wrestling with the free speech controversy after having created a hate speech law that makes it "illegal to advocate for genocide or to publicly communicate hatred against someone based on their "national or ethnic origin" (Justin Ling & Rachel Browne, Vice News). In light of this controversial issue, we want to know: what do you think?