Freedom of Speech is not a given. In general, we do not give others the freedom to speak freely in our presence. Our personal boundaries censor other people’s freedom to speak freely and censure any speech that we find to be offensive. Our personal boundaries disallow others speaking in a way that doesn’t have our approval. Any speech that makes us feel insecure or uncomfortable, may be tolerated, but it is not freely acceptable. There is always a personal price to pay when we speak words that others find unacceptable.
Freedom of Speech is demanded by our News & Media Industry. It is also censored and censured when not in alignment with their choice of agenda. They confuse freedom of speech with freedom of choice. Any free speech that does not align with their free choice is censored. They believe that their freedom of speech is free to oppose the freedom of others to speak freely. The standards of our free press impose boundaries on the freedom of others to speak freely. They hide behind the Laws of libel and slander, unless it suits their agenda not to.
Freedom of thought is a given that is not always taken. Few people have a mind that is openly free to intuitively receive the wisdom of clearly inspired thought. Most people’s thinking is restricted and filtered by their own resistant and fearful beliefs. We are all free to think but not everyone has the true freedom of pure thought.
Freely walking my talk requires my personal standards to align with my personal boundaries. When I freely speak unto others only in a way that others are free to speak unto me, my choice of speech as a rule is golden. When my personal standard is to speak freely, any attempt to censor or censure others is hypocrisy.
Most people believe that they are free to speak their truth, as long as they do not lie. Unfortunately, few people know the Truth of their own version of the truth. My experience of reality is true when my standards align with my boundaries. Freedom of speech is not as important as the freedom to choose when to speak freely. Offensive speech is always offensive, which makes people defensive. Offensive speech is restrictive & destructive, never freely constructive.
I am free to think what truly frees me and free to think what truth confines me. The Paradox of Speech is that I am free to speak whatever I think and I am confined by what I think and bound by whatever I speak.
We do not have the right to freely speak wrongly. It is never good to freely speak badly.