The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.