The way I heard it put was freedom of speech isn't the freedom to agree but rather the freedom to disagree. I mean, think about it. In some countries if you speak your mind and your opinion conflicts with what the government allows you can find yourself in serious trouble. Here you can say I think the president (or my senator, congressmen, etc) is a bad leader because of x and your right to say so is protected as long as you don't commit libel or defamation of character.
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Originally Posted by penartur
Someone said here that freedom of speech is, mainly, freedom of minority speech. It is not so hard to gave freedom of speech to majority; minority freedom is what makes it an actual freedom.
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