Who the EFA aligns with is relevant to the thread. Currently the left in USA seems to conflate freedom of expression with freedom from different opinions, and,

Who the EFA aligns with is relevant to the thread. Currently the left in USA seems to conflate freedom of expression with freedom from different opinions, and, at least the mainstream left, seem to want more government involvement in the policing of speech. So again, all of this matters, because it shows how they do, or might, define what their principles mean to them versus what they mean to you or me.