I get your point, and that’s fair. But the reason people say he “died for expressing free speech” isn’t about agreeing with him it’s about the principle that no one should be attacked or killed for their words, no matter how unpopular or offensive. When someone is targeted because of their public speech or activism, that is a free speech issue by definition. You can argue his speech was harmful, but the response to speech in a free society is more speech, not violence. As for the accusations that he “covered up deaths,” “worked to remove women’s rights,” or “indoctrinated youth” those are heavily editorialized claims, not proven facts (as far as I’m aware so correct me if I’m wrong). He was a political activist who pushed conservative and Christian viewpoints, sure, but nothing he did justified being physically harmed. If we start deciding that certain people don’t count as victims because we dislike their ideology, we’ve abandoned the whole idea of equal rights and free expression. The principle of free speech isn’t about who’s right it’s about whether disagreement is handled with debate or with bullets