See Meerko's comment on this [1]. The EU has a class of its own freedom of speech violations that America does not. The fact that the US has made mistakes and t

See Meerko's comment on this [1]. The EU has a class of its own freedom of speech violations that America does not. The fact that the US has made mistakes and the EU has made mistakes isn't the deciding factor. The scope of the EU's violations seem broader to me, given differences in the definitions of hate speech [2]. Whereas the U.S. has violated the right of freedom of speech for individuals, its track record is better w.r.t. freedom of speech because the EU chooses to ban a wide portion of speech. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15013897 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15013897 [2] https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-19/free-speech-in-europe-isn-t-what-americans-think https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-03-19/free-spee...