That is a lofty sentiment …until someone calls your wife a whore, or tells the township that you son gives great blowjobs behind the bleachers for five bucks. Then a baseball bat will be called into play, as you beat their head in for their stupid free speech. . Free Speech can have a price. Just tell the biggest baddest dude in a biker bar that you just had sex with his old lady. I doubt the ACLU will accept your Free Speech Rights case, after your intensive recovery in the hospital, on the grounds that you have to be the most stupid person on the planet.