If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied...

You have freedom of speech. If I loan you my computer, I can tell you not to use it for certain things, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

Insider trading

Revenge porn

Hello I am 17 year old boy and I am interested in transgender why?

Trade secrets

Revealing classified information

Insurrection

Freedom of speech does not apply to:

Terroristic threats

You have freedom to travel. If I loan you my car, I can tell you not to take it out of town, because it’s mine, you have no right to use it, and if I give you permission to use it I can tell you what you can and can’t do with it.

Why do I have the impression that almost all questions about advertising the flat Earth theory come from people who don't believe in a flat Earth themselves and are just provoking?

That’s what it is. You have no right to use other people’s stuff. If people let you use their stuff, they can tell you how you can use it, and they can tell you to stop using it any time they want.

HIPAA violations

And much, much more.

Are there any real-life examples of prisoners who escaped from hospitals and were never caught?

Conspiracy

Perjury

Fraud

If you were a writer for HBO, how would you rewrite the final season of Game of Thrones?

Child pornography

No freedom is absolute.

Threats of violence

How do so-called Religious/Christian people really think homosexuality is even a sin? That would be nonsense. In fact, LGBT people need love instead of contempt/hatred. The word Homosexual didn't appear until the 1850s.

False advertising

If you’re wondering why free speech doesn’t apply to the internet, it’s because you have no right to use other people’s stuff for free.

If freedom of speech is absolute, how come it's not applied for private spaces and for the Internet?

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