[lostlogin]

> Freedom of speech is binary, there aren't any acceptable degrees of it: either you have it, or you don't.

That seems to be the American definition.

We don’t all have binary systems for our views and politics, and some of our democracies are doing better than than US despite our apparent lack of free speech.

[jnovek]

It’s not even the American definition. We have many exceptions, particularly using speech to cause violence or physical harm in various ways. I’m also confused by American free speech absolutists because that’s not a thing here and essentially never has been.

Of course this is all hypothetical at the moment, as the current administration doesn’t seem to care much for the law.