> ""shouting down", misrepresenting foes, making threats, and poisoning discussion from the inside" Making threats is a serious problem -- and is also not a fo

> ""shouting down", misrepresenting foes, making threats, and poisoning discussion from the inside" Making threats is a serious problem -- and is also not a form of protected speech. Intentionally misrepresenting foes in certain ways is considered defamation and is also not protected. The others are lesser problems as long as there are strong legal protections in place. The problems of being shouted down or (non-maliciously) misrepresented are mitigated by having your own platform from which to speak. Discussion being poisoned from the inside is mitigated by people realizing someone is poisonous and treating them as an outsider in the future. These things are still obnoxious, but they don't tip the scales in favor of significant speech restrictions.