Firepower from Army helicopters raining down discourages free speech.
I went into anger overload when the various Antifa and BLM protests in a dozen cities (not just Seattle and Portland) had the news readers’ saying “Of course they have a right to freedom of speech and expression we have honored since long ago in our country” and others on panel nodded solemnly.
EXCEPT WHEN IT’S OUR SIDE ASKING TO EXPRESS FREELY. Then it’s no dice.
Hey I know! Let’s barricade off several blocks of downtown in a large city and call it an independent autonomous area and stand there with rifles refusing to let cops in!