I think you are being really kind. If we're really talking about "most" people? As in, the majority? Then the fact is, they do believe in free speech. It's jus

I think you are being really kind. If we're really talking about "most" people? As in, the majority? Then the fact is, they do believe in free speech. It's just that they don't care about free speech. At all. Whether they agree with it or are interested in it or any other thing means absolutely nothing to them because they feel they have more important things to do. Let me give you a fairly realistic for instance of what the great unwashed masses think about free speech when compared to even something trivial like college football: Member of great unwashed mass: "What the hell is this f'in free speech debate doing on my tv when LSU is about to play Georgia!?!?!?!" Young, idealistic, activist: "Well, um, I thought maybe everyone would like to see how their rights are being eroded by increasingly powerful concentrations of industrial and technological weal..." Member of great unwashed mass: "Shut the F up!!! Put the Ohio State/Wisconsin game back on so I can catch the last little bit of that before LSU/Georgia kicks dick head!" This is what we're fighting against, and we need to be far more realistic about how powerful apathy is in shaping policy. At least in the US.