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I don't think it has to do with morality at all since the power to regulate speech is a very practical power with very real-world implications to the authorities who would naturally want to use it in their own self-interests.
We don't have to get into matters of conformity to values in order to say that powerful people, particularly politicians, would have incentives to control what people are saying if they could.
The US first amendment restriction is one binding the hands of powerful politicians out of a recognition that regulation of speech is not a power that should be available to them, regardless of morality.
@volkris @SrRochardBunson @thejenniwren Your only intention here seems to be to fade out & thus legitimize possible harmful consequences of speech, such as eg Trump's speech at his Jan 6 insurrection rally, which btw perfectly fulfilled alleged production of an imminent danger, harmful to human lives, the continued existence of United States legislative branch, the then-VP as part of the executive branch & the American people's democracy.
Everyone trying to present hate speech as free speech will have to face accusations of being complicit in the outcomes of tolerating hate speech.
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