In much of academic debate, free speech is just some ivory tower topic discussed between two sides without much personal risk or involvement, and whoever wins o

In much of academic debate, free speech is just some ivory tower topic discussed between two sides without much personal risk or involvement, and whoever wins or loses, whatever, afterward you go and grab lunch and forget about it. But in this case there is such a vast power differential between the two (the persecuted and the persecutor). The Chinese kids are literally taunting the victim of a genocide their country is perpetrating. That's not a free speech/hate speech thing, that's just straight up bullying... while that girl's family is still in danger of life and liberty. "Hahahaha your family is in danger, boooo you suck, hahaha." That is unacceptable in any circumstance, akin to Holocaust denialism in a synagogue, except that in this case the Uyghur holocaust is still ongoing. One side has no power and is at risk of death while the other side is completely protected and just being assholes. It's not a freedom of expression issue, it's a basic human decency thing. If you don't want to hear it, just leave, don't taunt the people your government is enslaving and murdering.