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by zamalek 3771 days ago
Indeed.

The ELI5 of free speech is: you can say whatever you want so long as it doesn't come at a cost to another legal entity (normally people, but not always).

One example that I found very demonstrative while trying to intuitively understand FOS was a very extreme one[1]. It's a difficult but worthwhile read. The best way to understand FOS is to read up[2] on how it has been applied.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Socialist_Party_of_Am... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:United_States_Free_Sp...