I think Freedom of speech should also be met with subjective criticism. I think hate crime which is essentially a call for arms to cause harm/discriminate shouldn't be taken as freedom of speech, its a form of violence/threat.
Take the recent issue with what we've in a lot of recent Japanese games. The thing is that they're responding based on their own pricibles and fear, there has been almost no pressure on Square Enix and the like before they censor the western version of their games. Meanwhile GTA and Mortal Kombat which have actually been banned in certain countries and had real pressure against them continue on as the developers wish. I think there is a lot of freedom in the west to explore whatever you want in your art, they will be backlash but thats life, until the law forces your hand your freedom of speech isn't being compromised.
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