How free is your freedom of speech?

How free is the freedom of speech? If you say what is really on your mind, people label you this or that, or say that you sympathize with the wrong group. Everyone seem to be so preoccupied with being PC and un-offensive or scared to hurt some feelings that they almost come off as fake. There should be no penalty for being real even if that real is not real to another. What is the use of having free speech if you can’t fully use it? It is like having a meal you can’t eat.