If you’re on one side, you want to be able to say or shout the things that mean something to you, identify you, think others need to hear, or cause the emotions you’re feeling.
When you do, the other side gets to be offended, yell back, tell you why you’re wrong, boycott, protest, and say the things that are causing the emotions that they feel.
That’s how it works. It’s how it has to work.
You may get scammed. You may be confused. You may get led down a dark path. You may get injured.
Because free speech isn’t about truth, right and wrong, the way it should be, safety, comfort, or what’s good for us individually or collectively.
Paradoxically, it might just be the best protection we have in this diverse world.
