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This piece is fear-mongering ("Europeans will stripe away the 1st amendment"), culturally ignorant (Europeans have a different relationship with freedom of speech) and is basically one huge confirmation bias.
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As an university professor, one might expect some sort of distance: restrictions on freedom of speech have consequences, bad and good. Why only mention the bad? This column is pure ideology.
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So anyway, this is why I find this piece laughable.