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Europe, left wing: we'll send you to jail for facebook posts
US, rw: we'll deport you for campus protests
(Fortunately we have a robust 1st amendment, very unlikely #2 will actually happen.)

But still sad; you can count the major public-figure principled defenders of free speech on one hand.

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Thank god for FIRE.
https://www.thefire.org/

I've been a long time supporter/donor

My worry is even their hands might be tied with the pace at which freedom of assembly and expression is being attacked in the US

editor https://lowercase.cards/ prev: everyname (acq. Q4 '23)

"So far" is key here, so far

Also—ofc I'm just speculating here—but there are only so many cases FIRE can take on at once

What would it mean for the "hands to be tied"?

FIRE is primarily a legal advocacy org. They work via the courts, which so far haven't shown any appetite to subvert 1A.