Of all stories you could have used as an opportunity to argue for that absolutist stance on free speech, you're picking the one where it has almost directly cau

Of all stories you could have used as an opportunity to argue for that absolutist stance on free speech, you're picking the one where it has almost directly caused dozens of needless infant deaths and immense suffering, and that still doesn't seem to make you flinch. The rebuttal writes itself, really. By that impossibly naive logic, I suppose you also support the unconditional right to bear arms in any circumstances, another absolutist stance that's worked out so well for the US and its 1907 victims in 370 mass shootings in 2019 so far. Or Facebook's decision to let politicians lie to people's faces, naively thinking citizens are all intellectually equipped to fact-check for themselves and should bear that responsibility (we can see how this worked out with Trump and Brexit) The widespread support for absurdly extreme stances like these in a nation shouldn't be a source of pride : they aren't the hallmark of an advanced civilisation, but rather that of an immature one that hasn't yet found the right balance. If this is America, then I'll take European wisdom over this any day.