> Free speech is a about whether a society values and protects free speech or not. That is a recursive and meaningless definition. Free speech is widely unders

> Free speech is a about whether a society values and protects free speech or not. That is a recursive and meaningless definition. Free speech is widely understood, and codified, as being able to say stuff without having the government send you to jail for it. That is a pretty basic requirement for a functional democracy. Altough, depending on where you live, even free speech does not mean fully free. In the U.S it is mostly limited by libel/defamation, but in a lot of country hate speech is not allowed. Whether you think it is a good thing or not that is up to you, but this is actual free speech.