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If I may, "free speech" has been an ancient Greek ideal, which they defined as "the right to express opinions without government restraint." Free speech is commonly linked with US law since the United States has practically curated the foundation of "freedom of speech." If it makes it easier for you, let's use the Greeks' method of "free speech" to argue:I see, so you want to debate only US law.
Well then, I can just as well claim that debating US law is nonsensical and a waste of time because it hinges on some disinterested retard judge put in place by literal pedophiles feeling charitable to you.
These, then, were the Greeks’ two concepts of free speech, and what came to seem their natural habitats: isēgoriā, or equality of public speech, which was associated with formal political institutions and democratic deliberation; and parrhēsiā, the license to say anything, even (or especially) if it went against the current, which had its stronghold in the ribald comic theatre of playwrights like Aristophanes.
When they say equality of public speech, that means that if we're in a council, your say would be as equal as my say on whatever. Obviously, it wouldn't be the case in a democracy where the majority would rule or if somebody makes a final say. The license to say anything would account for free expression of whatever you'd believe in, even if it goes against popular opinions.
That has actually happened before. It wasn't pretty to say the least.What happens when someone disagrees with your interpretation of "Biblical morality"? Or uses a different book? Or thinks your version of "order" is just a boot stomping on a human face forever?