Yes, the entirety of my comment refers to the United States. So, where you say "The law is the law", in the United States there is also a higher law which is t

Yes, the entirety of my comment refers to the United States. So, where you say "The law is the law", in the United States there is also a higher law which is the constitution, and which protects free speech. It's "stronger than" the law. Everybody in America knows this. So my point, which, respectfully, you have just confirmed, is that this idea has not made it back to Europe. You confirm this in your comment stating "the law is the law" and that people support it, and you state that this should be enough. (In the United States this is not enough, and what you describe cannot occur due to the philosophy and legal structure: if Congress passed a law making political discussion of something like the independence of a state illegal, then even if people supported that law, the supreme court would rule the law itself unconstitutional and it would be struck down. Because in the United States freedom of speech is higher than the law, and protected by the supreme court in the manner I described; it's a separate branch of government.)