If you have free speech but no-one is allowed to hear it. Is it still free speech? How is this any different to “you are free to speak but you’ll be murdered a

If you have free speech but no-one is allowed to hear it. Is it still free speech? How is this any different to “you are free to speak but you’ll be murdered after you do”. You’re still free to “speak”, you’ll just die after. Freedom of speech right?