As I said, I think it's perfectly fair to place other values above free speech, but I think the examples you give can more fairly be summed up as "the right to

As I said, I think it's perfectly fair to place other values above free speech, but I think the examples you give can more fairly be summed up as "the right to free speech doesn't extend to these types of speech" rather than "you're free to libel as long as you're willing to live with the consequences." The second framing is technically true, but only technically... For what it's worth, I agree with you about not forcing platforms to host speech and with your point about the line being drawn arbitrarily. I think that free speech can be both a legal right and a value that is shared by the members of a society. Edit: The Ben Franklin quote shows that he wouldn't publish anything he thought unworthy, but he would still print it for people, so he didn't refuse to do business with the people whose writing he found abhorrent.