The primary purpose of freedom of speech is protecting political participation. The protection for other kinds of speech is a trivial consequence. As for those

The primary purpose of freedom of speech is protecting political participation. The protection for other kinds of speech is a trivial consequence. As for those supposed inalienable rights, I suggest empirical validation. Go to a country like North Korea and try testing, which rights actually exist. The only rights that matter are the ones that the society (not necessarily the government) is willing to enforce.