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Free speech isn't necessarily unlimited. It is often defined to exclude hate speech, for example.


If you define it that way, then there is an unlimited potential to extend illegal speech to everything.

Shut down the poker sites because they facilitate illegal online gambling. Shut down the bitcoin sites because they facilitate money laundering. Etc.


I am sorry, but that's not how I would interpret their statement. They make it very clear "no matter who is talking."


"No matter Who is talking" =/= "no matter what is said"




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