The poll question isn't useless because it lacks context, it lacks context specifically because it is a loaded question. The question is operating by design. Th

The poll question isn't useless because it lacks context, it lacks context specifically because it is a loaded question. The question is operating by design. This hand waving about 'uncomfortable talking about' and 'long tails' is all designed as cover for bad faith arguments about the concept of free speech. This entire effort is a bald faced exercise in laundering right wing ideology as uncriticizable, and speech by those outside of the right as some form of 'not speech' when it is critical of the ideas. Being uncomfortable talking about something is not prima facia evidence you are being silenced, it is only evidence that you are being silent. You aren't entitled, and have no right, to be comfortable when you share controversial ideas. This is why there isn't a difference between your 1 and 2. 2 does not suggest suppression. 2 could just as easily suggest growth of a society or a cultural characteristic that someone from the US misunderstands.