If you came up with that conclusion you know nothing about how US's justice system works. I don't know what "absolute" means for you, but yes, free speech is g

If you came up with that conclusion you know nothing about how US's justice system works. I don't know what "absolute" means for you, but yes, free speech is good, the more free it is, the better. As to your popularity fallacy, consider that for most of our time on earth, constant war and slavery were normal, and our grand-grandparents knew both.