> The flip side to that is that very few people, if any, on the left are actually calling for meaningful protections for free speech This isn't true. Democrats

> The flip side to that is that very few people, if any, on the left are actually calling for meaningful protections for free speech This isn't true. Democrats were heavily pushing the PRESS act for example, which would expand speech protections for journalist and reporters. This was tanked by Republicans. > They see nothing wrong when someone is put in jail for "causing gross offense" on Twitter You keep repeating this but not providing any sort of evidence to it. Again, you seem to be talking about the boogeyman that Republican talking heads have created instead of pointing at any actual policy. I would advise you go outside and talk to actual people. > As for the rest of Europe, just look at the knee-jerk hysterical, pearl-clutching response to Vice President JD Vance's recent speech about the EU and its values, and how much of that response was coming from the left. Most Republicans talking about free-speech are hypocrites and liars including the President, Vice President, and their first buddy. I imagine that has more to do with the reaction than anything else. They don't walk the walk but love to talk the talk.