Free speech absolutists just don't defend their position because it devolves into absurdity immediately. It's just a dogwhistle of the far right or people that haven't put any thought into their beliefs.
It’s interesting how the idea that free speech is too important to sacrifice to any other cause, which was the position of Rousseau and other enlightenment luminaries, has supposedly turned from the foundation of humanism into a “dog whistle”.
The implication that if someone is unwilling to compromise on free speech, they must belong to the far right, is certainly revealing.
The implication that if someone is unwilling to compromise on free speech, they must belong to the far right, is certainly revealing.