> You would shut someone down if they threatened you or people you care about. I guess there is some ambiguity in this but large classes of threats are illegal

> You would shut someone down if they threatened you or people you care about. I guess there is some ambiguity in this but large classes of threats are illegal: https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federal/Criminal-Threats.htm https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federa... > A criminal threat involves one person threatening someone else with physical harm. The threat must be communicated in some way, though it doesn't necessarily have to be verbal. A person can make a threat through email, text message, or even through non-verbal body language such as gestures or movements. However, some states require written or verbal threats, and in those states gestures are not enough. I'm not aware of anybody asking that this should be legal either or of anybody defending this. So at least in this regard I can assure you people defending free speech for the most part (>99%) are not trying to change the law to make criminal threats non criminal.