From the BBC News article “China warns US over Clinton’s web freedom call.”

“It is ironic that the Chinese are blocking an online discussion about internet freedom,” [Ambassador Jon Huntsman told The Wall Street Journal.] said, in comments confirmed by the US embassy in Beijing to the BBC.

First thing, that is not ironic.

Irony:

Noun -  the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning (link)

Now here is another word.

Hypocrisy:

Noun - a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess. (link)  

See, the US is talking about internet freedom while trying to gag internet services from warning users about subpoenas. Good thing Twitter pretty much told them to suck it. (link)

A lot of American hypocrisy has been revealed in during the democratic uprisings in the Middle East. During all the shifting reasons for the Iraq war our leaders said bringing democracy to the Middle East. … And now people are having a freak out that there may be democracy in the Middle East. For a long time we have been choosing a phantom stability by backing autocrats. I call this a phantom stability because of what we are seeing now. Had we stopped backing these dictators we would not be looking like the bad guys right now. And we still haven’t learn our lesson. While America is willing to openly support the revolution in Iran, because we don’t like their autocrat, our leaders aren’t sure what to do with the revolution in Bahrain, because that autocrat lets us park our ships there.

I know the US has to look out for itself, but I believe supporting democracy, not bringing it at the point of the gun, is in the best interest of the US. If we continue our policy of supporting dictators and invading countries our standing in the world diminishes. How well disposed to us will these new governments be if we continue to supply the money and bullets that were used to oppress them?