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However, freedom of speech is an inalienable human right (and in need of most protection when it's political speech) - so regardless of whether you think that government's power derives from the people, they should be allowed to talk about the referendum.

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Everybody can speak about the referendum in Spain.

You can't say there isn't freedom of speech in Spain when even people convicted for terrorism speaks in public media everyday.

You do realize that the subject matter of the article this thread is about involves free speech, right?

Spanish authorities asked the registry to block domain names that were being used to spread information about an upcoming referendum for independence.

I can understand why the opposition would be pretty pissed off about that infringement on their free speech rights.

That's illegal propaganda, not free-speech.

It might or might not be of interest, but there's a pretty profound difference between your attitude and the attitude of an American, and the approach of American constitutional law. Political speech, which is broadly defined, is the most highly protected sort of speech we have under our constitution.

But maybe you were joking or something. Saying "Everybody can speak about the referendum in Spain" and then immediately contradicting yourself is ironic.

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