[mijamo]

Then free speech does not currently exist anywhere, right?

[oska]

Well, it's an ideal that may be lived up to, protected and even enforced, and so it 'exists' whenever and wherever that happens.

It also happens to be an ideal that ppl will vigorously promote in certain domains, while betraying / discarding it in others.

[timeon]

It usually only exist when hate speech needs to be protected.