> Well, yeah. The point is neither does Germany today.
According to the definition of the Declaration of Human Rights, they actually do.
> Whereas being arrested, tried and merely jailed for something you say, as happens in Germany (and Austria), is your idea of justice and not being persecuted?
Freedom of speech alone doesn't guarantee freedom, liberty or justice.
> This is solely about the principle of free speech: you either believe in someone's right to say what they want or you don't. You can't just sometimes believe in it.
That's the problem; we have different definition of "freedom of speech". The US interprets "freedom of speech" according to the definition given by the Bill of Rights, while the rest of the world use the definition of Declaration of Human Rights.