> It should not mean the right to say absolutely anything to anybody. Having laws on racism and hate speech (for example) provide well-meaning guidance on accep

> It should not mean the right to say absolutely anything to anybody. Having laws on racism and hate speech (for example) provide well-meaning guidance on acceptable behaviour within civilised society and help reduce discrimination, bias etc. Sure! Let's start by defining "racism and hate speech" in ways that both prohibit them and do not allow the laws to be used to silence people for having different opinions. There shouldn't be any trouble distinguishing "free speech" from "hate speech" because it's always clear and obvious to every single person! /s In practice, the distinction tends to be almost entirely in the eye of the beholder. Which means whoever can convince the government that something is hateful has a big stick to wave at whoever disagrees with them.