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by dragonwriter 2013 days ago
> Perhaps when discussing items of moral importance

The scope of free speech protections (and, on the other side, the scope of personal property rights as well) is a matter of moral importance, moreover the scope of free speech protections is a matter on which there is particularly active current controversy in which a sharp partisan divide on the issue is part of a central political narrative, and this is a significant factor in modern American politics.