Malaysian ministers in fresh attack on bloggers

While I have written before about the governments of other countries taking away their citizens rights to free speech, The Malaysian ministers are yet another example.
"Malaysian ministers have issued fresh attacks on bloggers, threatening to take away their rights and accusing them of trying to overthrow the government, according to reports."
The governments of these countries should allow their citizens a right to free speech, and in turn the right to disagree with the government. By posting ones opinion in a blog is not making an active advance towards overthrowing the government. In the U.S you can blog freely in relation to your opinion of the government, as long as you are not threatening the well being of any individual (i.e. the President). These bloggers are not spreading lies about the government, as the ministers have said, they are simply stating their unsupported opinion of the government.
"We are not interfering with their rights. But if they behave irresponsibly, we will take away their rights," Lim was quoted as saying in the New Straits Times. "The way they blog, with all that filth inside, do you think they are responsible?""
This statement by the Prime Minister goes to show that the freedom of speech, while recognized as a right, does not hold my weight. If your rights can be taken away from you for "irresponsible behavior", then what kind of a right is it at all? These bloggers are not breaking any law, and their right to free speech should certainly not be taken away as a result of their expression.
A government that reacts in this manner, is one that shows grave signs of weakness. If a bloggers accusations are enough to get the government up in arms, and attempt to take away citizens rights away over an online blog, I fear for what they would do to those, who are actively trying to gain power and overthrow the government. A blog is an innocent way of expressing your feelings, weather it may be about the government or about your day at work, and the Prime Minister of Malaysia, along with all other government officials should have no right to take away the rights of bloggers, based on the content of their blog.