>>109074538>Americans think they invented free speechWe don't, precisely because
>[it is] an inalienable right>free speech = racism without consequencesThe precendent of letting an authority decide what you can and can't say and the totalitarianism that power naturally tends to, despite even the noblest intentions, means people getting their feelings hurt is a neccesary evil to defend the Good of public discourse. You might think saying "nigger" is self-evidently not productive discourse, but the point is that no one should have the power to define that, even in the most seemingly obvious cases. History shows free speech is either all or eventually nothing.
>it's about being offensive towards people you hateEven if it can include that it doesn't mean it's about or for that, you are arguing in bad faith and you know it.
>otherwise muh freedomsThe precedent any restriction of free speech produces, and the fundamental belief no one should have the power to make these decisions over the truthful expressions of one's beliefs in the first place, cannot be refuted by phrasing it as "muh x"
Freedom of speech is the freedom to tell the truth about your inner thoughts and views, regardless of what the passing political trends of the day deem outre, and if we allowed censorship of what was considered the most absurd and indefensible, we would not be where we are today, because in the past that included many of the things taken for granted today. We have to retreat behind a veil of ignorance and assume maybe we don't know everything about what is right or wrong, and let a free marketplace of ideas provide future generations with the most open forum possible to determine these truths for us in retrospect, rather than biasing that lens with our current taboos.
Tl;dr freedom of speech is literally the most important freedom, kill yourself boot-licking Eurofag.
