Comment by stinkbeetle

> It ended up associated with the far right, because poster child for "defending speech" was only and exclusively far right. Really.

It ended up being associated with the far right by far leftists. Really. Go outside internet bubbles and ask normal people on the street. People don't think free speech is "far right". Really.

> It was never "I strongly disagree with an annoying progressive, but I will defend their right to say it". It was always "how dare you criticize far right or call someone far right, you are preventing their speech by opposing them".

I've heard that a lot, so that's false.

> Funny enough, far right and conservatives were openly against free speech again and again and again. Including in very practical ways. And we see that right now with Trump, Thiel, Musk, Vance and the rest.

I'm not seeing where the humor is.

> People "on the right" nor self styled free speech advocates never minded that.

Also wrong, many free speech advocates have greatly minded conservative efforts to censor speech in the past.

> There was never any fascist movement for freedom,

No, but that appears to be a strawman of your own construction by equating free speech advocates with fascists.