As if the left eve3r believed in free speech.
All tyrants concoct theories and excuses to justify their censorship as noble and necessary......This is the rationale invoked by virtually every repressive state to imprison journalists and ban media outlets.
Accusing one’s domestic opponents of being subversives and domestic terrorists is by far the most common way that despots on every continent justify their censorship and silencing campaigns of oppositional media outlets.
When China arrests journalists it typically justifies its actions by accusing them of fomenting extremism that jeopardizes national security.