If you are comfortable with freedom of expression being stripped off, you are allied to the current seat of power - social, economic or political. You know that your views are protected. An intriguing observation next
It is documented history that Communist Govts give no freedom of expression. Here I am not referring to Communist Govts in states of India, they are no better or worse in that regard compared to other Govts. But to those in Communist nation states, eg, Russia, China etc.
Interestingly in mid 1930s in Communist backed conferences in Europe (non Russia Europe), Communists were heavily demanding FoE. They were not in power in non Russia Europe then.
Fast Forward to current - Prashant Bhushan et al create furore demanding FoE. Communist/cultural Marxist backed conferences of Indians in US demand the same. They want that protection for themselves. They however never demand a First Amendment in India
Simultaneously they also demand that Social Media remove posts which they call hate speech and TV channels in India be silenced.
Back to broader point - no group that is at the bottom of the power hierarchy will want undermining of FoE, because that is their only path forward to attaining equality
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