Any restrictions on speech that doesn't threaten the life/liberty of another person is wrong. Obviously this means you can't say anything you want in any situation. That doesn't mean that "freedom of speech" as described in the 1st amendment ISN'T absolute. If you define free speech with the caveat that it doesn't threaten life/liberty, then it IS absolute. This might seem like a cop-out or cheating semantics or something, but like I said, since elementary school we learn that "freedom of speech" doesn't mean you can go into a crowded place and yell FIRE.
Our definition of freedom of speech doesn't cover every sequence of words in any combination in any situation, but it's very clear in what it does and does not allow, unlike the british system.
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