The only people who would assault free speech are communists. They're not communists, are they?
I don't know if their commie's. Most of them support freedom of speech. As long as its freedom of speech that advances and promotes their leftwing, liberal, socialist agenda.
And besides, FreeRepublic is a powerful force for conservatism on the internet. They can't allow FReepers to advance and promote freedom of speech that follows a conservative agenda.