[cvz]

The reason you don't see "free speech" used for those causes isn't because they don't rely on free speech. It's because advocacy for them is so clearly protected as free speech that it isn't even a question. There have been times when that protection was a question in the U.S., like when protesting wars or segregation laws.

Without the right to say something, there is no legal way to organize or to demand any other right.

Edited to remove an unwarranted statement at the beginning of this comment.

[facile3232]

> Without the right to say something, there is no legal way to organize or to demand any other right.

Americans don't do this, though. They don't demand better. They accept shitty governance and say "at least I voted". And frankly I don't think they ever will.

So I say, fuck it, let's just all accept that government is shitty and mostly exists to squeeze us for money. We can finally stop acting like it's representative of us. When y'all finally have had enough riots will work just as fine as they did before.

[collingreen]

Maybe some of us don't want to devolve into cutting off people's heads and asking questions later?

[cvz]

> Americans don't do this, though. They don't demand better. They accept shitty governance and say "at least I voted". And frankly I don't think they ever will.

That is an obviously wrong statement even if we only look at protests within the past 5 years.