It’s been more than a week since MPP Sarah Jama was booted from the Ontario NDP caucus and censured by the Ontario government for daring to name Israel as an Apartheid state. It’s been more than a week since CUPE Ontario President Fred Hahn agreed to
  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
    114·
    10 months ago

    the story is not about legality

    Then it shouldn’t use the words “free speech” in the headline. Free speech is very much a legal term.

    • acargitz@lemmy.caOP
      107·
      10 months ago

      So is theft and murder and inheritance. We use legal terms in regular parlance all the time.

      • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
        53·
        10 months ago

        Ok, and? Regular parlance can be about legal implications too, I’ve never heard the words “free speech” used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

        • frostbiker@lemmy.ca
          47·
          10 months ago

          I’ve never heard the words “free speech” used in a context with no connection to their legal meaning. Do you have a counter example?

          Yes. The very article in this post.