Quote Originally Posted by wufwugy View Post
people love themselves freedom of speech. they think government grants it and that's why we have it. no, freedom of speech is a prohibition of government to intervene in speech, not something the state gives like a parent gives a child an allowance.

this is one of the essential confusions that people hold about politics and societies. they think that rights and freedoms derive from some sort of entitlement and authority. no, they derive from limiting the power the state has over the individual.
Freedom of speech is a meme perpetuated by heterosexual cisgender white men in order to silence the speech of the oppressed.