But historically, the least and last thing that speech and thought are protected from is other speech and other thoughts, the first and foremost physical violence/loss of life/imprisonment.
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Free speech and free thought do not mean free from consequence. They mean free from certain kinds of consequences. Now, social media and the increasing voice given to a more diverse group of people means the palette of consequences has changed.
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Perhaps the ethics of what speech and thought ought to be free from will change over time, but those two poles ought to remain the same, I would say.
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