> Freedom of speech doesn't require privacy in most constructions as it typically concerns, first and foremost, publicly-made political speech. Suppose you're

> Freedom of speech doesn't require privacy in most constructions as it typically concerns, first and foremost, publicly-made political speech. Suppose you're Thomas Paine and you want to advocate for the independence of America from Britain, and that Britain doesn't allow the government to punish anyone for what they say, but does prohibit anyone from publishing their writings anonymously. Then everyone knows exactly who Thomas Paine is, and even if there is no law against writing those things, there is now a constable poking into his business looking for some other pretext to arrest him, several legislators drafting bills that would negatively impact his livelihood and which will quietly be withdrawn if he would simply stop publishing such things, and a variety of private enterprises who now refuse to have anything to do with him in any capacity because they have business before the crown and fear any public association with their critic. How is it free speech if you're still getting punished for it?