Jim Brocius sends the following…
When you say you would defend freedom of speech to the death, you don't literally mean you'd actually physically fight for it, do you? Do you mean instead you will defend speech with speech, or political contributions of some kind? I don't think American government will ever get so bad (in my lifetime or yours, although one would have to be ignorant of history to completely disallow the possibility) that freedom of speech will need to be physically defended. You strike me as someone who chooses your words carefully and I'm wondering if you were just using those words as a figure of speech or if in fact you would actually risk your life defending freedom of speech if you thought such action was necessary.
I said I would fight to the death. Nowhere did I say it might be my death. I am, however, quite willing to put your life on the line. Or someone else's.
Hey, if it's good enough for the Executive and Legislative branches of government, it's good enough for me.