What? The word "speech" in the legal/rights/democratic context doesn't literally mean vocalizations that create vibrations in the air, only someone engaged in m

What? The word "speech" in the legal/rights/democratic context doesn't literally mean vocalizations that create vibrations in the air, only someone engaged in motivated reasoning would interpret it that way. The word "speech" in this context means the communication of ideas through words, which is why things like the written word, art, fliers etc are also considered to be "speech".