> Words can’t hurt you.

Tell that to Samuel Paty, his decapitated ghost would be thrilled to hear that.

Samuel Paty died because he believed in free expression, and he would approve of it, no? Saying the opposite is probably insulting to his memory

BTW he didn't die by "words", he died because a bigoted idiot attacked him

> Samuel Paty died because he believed in free expression, and he would approve of it, no

He probably would, but do note that he caveated his free expression tremendously, doing everything he could do avoid offending brainwashed kids and their retarded parents.

> BTW he didn't die by "words", he died because a bigoted idiot attacked him

Because people called for his death based on a misinterpretation based on a lie from one of the brainwashed students. That was the speech that killed him, not his own. (And for the record, thankfully, all the pieces of shit responsible are being tried - that includes the brainwashed students that spread the initial lies, their parents that spread them online even further, as well as those that called for his death online, and the students that directed the murderer in the direction of the teacher. )

hence we fight violence, not speech

Speech inciting violence leads to violence (yes, sadly, there are people that are that stupid).

Little comfort for the dead.

somehow a discussion of the EU still ends up about the US and American theories of free speech.

A lot of people were hurt in the American Revolution.

For better or for worse, words have consequences.

Julius Streicher was executed at Nurenberg for just that, words. Vicious words he published in his newspaper Der Stürmer to demonize Jews and justify their extermination.

> Words can't hurt you.

Sorry, but that is absurd. Propaganda has and will kill people. Look at the legions of dipshits who follow Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh. Sure, all they do is sit at their desks talking absolute horseshit but it'd be deeply unserious to suggest that people haven't been killed as a result.