Free Speech Isn’t Offensive — You’re Just Too Comfortable

Every time someone says something unpopular in Canada, there’s a lineup of bureaucrats, journalists, and blue-checks waiting to decide if it’s “acceptable.”
Here’s a wild idea: maybe the problem isn’t the words — maybe it’s that we’ve all gotten too comfortable pretending offense is a virtue.

Freedom of speech used to mean you could speak your mind without fear. Now it means hoping your opinion survives the next update to the Terms of Service.

The Rise of “Nice Censorship”

We’re not banning speech, they say — we’re just “moderating harmful content.”
Translation: you can speak freely, as long as you don’t say anything real.

Whether it’s Bill C-63, social media “misinformation” crackdowns, or vague hate speech laws, the result is the same: the powerful get to define what’s “safe” to say.
And safe speech is boring speech.

If Canada’s government really trusted its citizens, it wouldn’t need to filter what we can read, watch, or post.

Free Speech Is Supposed to Be Messy

Here’s what the free speech crowd understands that the hall monitors don’t: the point of free speech isn’t to protect nice words — it’s to protect the uncomfortable ones.

Every great idea started as something unpopular. Every movement that mattered began with someone saying what wasn’t allowed.
You don’t defend free speech because you agree with everyone — you defend it because you can’t trust anyone else to decide who gets to talk.

The Digital Battleground

Online debates have replaced barroom arguments — and at least in bars, you could walk away with respect (and maybe a black eye).
Now, a bad take can get you flagged, reported, or de-platformed by people who call themselves “tolerant.”

The real irony? The people who scream the loudest about “protecting democracy” are the first to cheer when someone loses their platform for using the wrong word.

Freedom Isn’t a Trend — It’s a Responsibility

Defending free speech doesn’t mean defending every stupid thing ever said online. It means accepting that bad ideas are beaten with better ideas, not censorship.

Censorship doesn’t protect society — it weakens it.
Because when people stop talking, they stop thinking.

If you’re the kind of person who’d rather win the argument than silence it, you’re in the right place.

Grab our I ❤️ Free Speech” bumper sticker — because silence might be polite, but it never built anything worth keeping.