It's entirely valid to point at different items on the same trend line, even if they may be at different points along it currently. Florida and Texas may not be hosing down protestors or throwing them in jail, but this is hardly an isolated incident and it certainly does qualify as a "crackdown on free speech" in my opinion, as do the classic extreme examples it's included with.
Perhaps how uncomfortable that is should be something we consider thoughtfully rather than something we point to and immediately try to discount.
Perhaps how uncomfortable that is should be something we consider thoughtfully rather than something we point to and immediately try to discount.