Most freedom of speech debates now start on the false premise that denying someone a platform is censorship. So we must begin with the correct one, which is that freedom of speech is freedom from punishment. If you are not being convicted and penalised by the state for speaking, then you have freedom of speech. If just one channel of speech has been denied to you, you still have freedom of speech…
- Nesrine Malik, “Hate speech leads to violence. Why would liberals defend it?“, The Guardian, March 22, 2018