> It seems like the OP might have been conflating free speech with admissions of guilt for other crimes
By my reading, it wasn’t OP who did this conflating.
By my reading, it wasn’t OP who did this conflating.
"spouting off..used against you in a court of law"
But, even if the OP didn't intend for these two to be tied together in this way, then a very strong constitutional right still exists for spouting off, so whether conflation occurred or not is moot.