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  • I think the reason they corrected you is that usually when that phrase is used, it is referring to US “freedom of speech” where although the law protects you from being arrested or charged for your speech, you can still be ousted from a community or fired (consequences)

    However, in Canada, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms permits the government to enforce “reasonable” limited censoring of speech. So, in Canada, we do not have free speech in the same way because we can get arrested for hate speech.

    So there is a distinction here. I’m happy to clarify if any of my language was confusing, let me know if this explanation makes sense.

    Edit: also in Canada it is not called “freedom of speech”, it is called “freedom of expression”



  • Just because the actual defined term requires a law to be broken does not mean there cannot be a colloquial use that illustrates how unjust it is to continue grinding down wages to maximize surplus value.

    Language is dynamic, after all.

    I get what you’re saying, though, and technically speaking, you are correct. I’m not fully sure where I stand on the misuse of this word in this context, tbh.