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Sundar Pichai didn't grow up in a free country but also didn't know the harm of a totalitarian government. He neither values the concepts of freedom of speech nor knows personally the harms of the lack of it.

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I’m not trying to be obtuse. Some cursory searching suggests that Pichai grew up in India — which does have freedom of speech. They do have more restrictions than the US, though the US has some restrictions as well; I was familiar with the “you can’t shout fire in a crowded theater” metaphor but only recently learned that it came from a case where SCOTUS held that “Defendant's criticism of the draft was not protected by the First Amendment, because it created a clear and present danger to the enlistment and recruiting service of the U.S. armed forces during a state of war.” My gut reaction is to find suppression of that sort of speech objectionable because it’s political.

I’m just wondering what countries you consider to be free and where you draw the line when you say one country has freedom of speech and another does not given that both have some restrictions. It seems as though you are saying that the US is free and India is not. Which side of the line do countries in Western Europe fall? Is the US alone in its freedom?

I don't know why you are being downvoted. It's not like your comment is attacking him personally.

I actually think that you are offering a unique perspective here.

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