"Free speech doesn't exist in this country:
[several hot takes follow]
FREE SPEECH IS OVER!"
Do you not understand how silly you look?
American culture warriors desperately want to be oppressed.
[several hot takes follow]
FREE SPEECH IS OVER!"
Do you not understand how silly you look?
American culture warriors desperately want to be oppressed.
We may still "have free speech," but the conditions that make it functional aren't being met.
It's like a marriage where one spouse is secretly unfaithful. Sure, they are "married," but the foundational condition of fidelity has been violated. It's a marriage in name only, an empty formalism.
We have free speech in name only. The conditions which allow free speech to be an effective regulatory mechanism of public tensions are unsatisfied--just like a wife or husband that cheats.