• rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    the story is not about legality

    Then it shouldn’t use the words “free speech” in the headline. Free speech is very much a legal term.

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      1 year ago

      So is theft and murder and inheritance. We use legal terms in regular parlance all the time.

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        Ok, and? Regular parlance can be about legal implications too, I’ve never heard the words “free speech” used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

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          I’ve never heard the words “free speech” used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

          Yes. The very article in this post.