What I'm referring to is how people act like freedom of speech entitles them to complete and irrevocable immunity from any (non-violent or otherwise illegal) backlash. Often when you go online and they hear about someone saying something offensive, people will often defend them and say it is his/her right to say it and that people have to right to complain about it. It's true that it is his/her right, but what annoys me is how people act like freedom of speech means that nobody else has a right to retaliate in legal ways.
I'm sick of this "freedom of speech" excuse
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What I'm referring to is how people act like freedom of speech entitles them to complete and irrevocable immunity from any (non-violent or otherwise illegal) backlash. Often when you go online and they hear about someone saying something offensive, people will often defend them and say it is his/her right to say it and that people have to right to complain about it. It's true that it is his/her right, but what annoys me is how people act like freedom of speech means that nobody else has a right to retaliate in legal ways.