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Will you defend my right to distribute IP I don't own? Or to vote if I am a felon? Or to share state secrets? Or to defraud people or slander people?

Do you believe that if the people on gab became state leaders that they'd protect your right to dissent?

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There are exceptions to freedom of speech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exce...; some of the things on your list are on this and hence do not fall under free speech. Also, note that I don't necessarily agree with all of these exceptions (for example, my personal opinions to your questions tends to lean towards "yes, in many cases" regardless of their legality. In this case I would instead be fighting for your actions to become protected under free speech).

None of the things you mentioned are "rights", that's just muddling the language. Freedom of speech is a capital-R Right.

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