> I tend to think of "Free Speech" specifically in terms of what he calls Free Speech Rights (FSR), the actual legal rights afforded by the 1st Amendment, 14th Amendment and subsequent court rulings and precedent, with what people do with it and my own opinions a separate sphere. A lot of people though are bringing in what he terms Free Speech Culture and Speech Decency as well.

This is a very American take. Which might be reasonable as in the UK and Australia for example, the government has much more control of speech. But it feels odd, like when Americans generalise very odd things about 'white' and 'black' people they when only mean Americans.

But I think even before the constitution, the moral value exists. And that's the thing people all over the world have fought for.

> Free Speech Culture and Speech Decency as well.

I don't think the ethics/values of free speech are summarised by either of these terms.

Rather I'll keep using 'free speech' to mean the moral value, and 'US constitutional law' to mean US constitutional law.