Welll yes, and libel law incorporates precisely these sorts of protections! People would in fact get in field and kill each other precisely because “they dislik

Welll yes, and libel law incorporates precisely these sorts of protections! People would in fact get in field and kill each other precisely because “they disliked it so much they wanted to stop the other person from speaking”. Dead people don’t do much speaking, and libel/slander are a social response to the dead people. > 370 Falsely and maliciously accusing another. Sec. 370. Falsely and maliciously accusing another of crime, etc.—Any person who shall falsely and maliciously, by word, writing, sign, or otherwise accuse, attribute, or impute to another the commission of any crime, felony or misdemeanor, or any infamous or degrading act, or impute or attribute to any female a want of chastity, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Literally only have to imply the commission of a false or degrading act, or imply a woman is a slut. Why do you think that would be historically if not to keep people from killing each other over saying things they didn’t like.