*Jakub Żulczyk faces possible prison term for insulting [President] Andrzej Duda.*

Many countries other than the US make it a crime to insult officials. Some make it a crime to insult anyone. This is disrespect for freedom of speech. People are entitled to the right to call anyone a moron, even me.

I raised this issue once with an official in Mexico, who responded that insults can wound people so much that it should be a crime to say them.

I tried to reply, "The words that can wound most are, 'I'm breaking up with you,' but everyone has the right to break up, so it must be lawful to say so. That being the case, it makes no sense to prohibit mere insults from strangers."

However, I did not put it into Spanish clearly, and did not get my point across.