There is a distinction though between the broad concept of "freedom of speech" and the legal government protection and US specific first amendment. I think ther

There is a distinction though between the broad concept of "freedom of speech" and the legal government protection and US specific first amendment. I think there is an equal amount of disingenuousness coming from the side that tries to say that freedom of speech only exists within the context of a government backed right-to-free-speech, rather than as a broader concept itself.