> just like "free market" needs strong regulations to prevent monopoly and price gouging, freedom of speech should be about levelling the playing field and not

> just like "free market" needs strong regulations to prevent monopoly and price gouging, freedom of speech should be about levelling the playing field and not as an excuse for bad takes. No, freedom of speech is actually unique in that there can be no "reasonable" restrictions on it. This is because determining whether a particular restriction is "reasonable" would require free discussion about that restriction, which is impossible as long as the restriction is in place.