Freedom of speech isn't a "wholly US topic". It's understood and accepted in most democratic countries. > The right to freedom of expression has been recognise

Freedom of speech isn't a "wholly US topic". It's understood and accepted in most democratic countries. > The right to freedom of expression has been recognised as a human right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and international human rights law by the United Nations. Many countries have constitutional law that protects free speech. > The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, adopted during the French Revolution in 1789, specifically affirmed freedom of speech as an inalienable right.[7] Adopted in 1791, freedom of speech is a feature of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution