Well... then free speech doesn't exist anywhere, because notwithstanding laws against libel, slander, false advertising, perjury etc, there's really no place in the world which doesn't have some form of societal taboos, standards of politeness and courtesy, or notions of acceptable behavior which will lead to consequences if transgressed.
Edit: I see you changed "If there's speech that you receive consequences for then it isn't free" to "If there's speech that you receive legal action for then it isn't free." I'm assuming you were just trying to disambiguate, but even by that more narrow definition freedom of speech is practically nonexistent.
Weird because I'm German and I wasn't aware that I'm living in North Korea. Did the US patent the definition of free speech or something?
I don't even know how people can say this stuff with a straight face. It's like saying "the US does not have healthcare" because of policy differences.
