My comment was in response to your initial response that nitpicked the OP's point that free speech was considered absolute in the past, contrary to the current

My comment was in response to your initial response that nitpicked the OP's point that free speech was considered absolute in the past, contrary to the current climate which seems to be trying to do away with it and replace it with white listed speech. The OP was discussing the ideology of free speech, not the implementation. My response was an attempt to bring the topic back to the ideology of whether free speech should be allowed in absoluteness, in contrast to your deviation towards implementation.