Are they? In my example of my post, I remember people decrying that Bahar Mustafa was arrested for just a joke. I just don't understand when you have examples of Poland, especially right now making it a crime for mentioning Polish complicity in the Holocaust, how people are for their governments regulating speech that isn't a crime. Let's be real, there are laws for harassment, stalking, libel, defamation, uttering threats, disorderly conduct, advocating sedition, or incitement to commit violence, causing mass panic. A lot of speech falls under that regard, but now grossly offensive humor or comments should be hate speech? The UK that wants to ban porn sites under the guise of culture, that wants to be read whatsapp messages and break end to end encryption, you want them to have even more power over what you can or cannot say? What if a more religious group comes to power and they crack down on speech that would be blasphemous? What if you get another Brexit like scenario and a far right group gets elected that makes it difficult to speak out. Things change very quickly. Who the hell thought Marine Le Pen would be challenging for the French Presidency or that Italy would elect the first far-right party since World War II?
