This is not new. Try supporting communism in any time since the 30s. Try being openly gay in any era before the 1980s. Fundamentally, any society has bounds on

This is not new. Try supporting communism in any time since the 30s. Try being openly gay in any era before the 1980s. Fundamentally, any society has bounds on the "true" freedom of speech, and America, despite its best intentions, is no different.