Government allowing people to speak their minds is a recent development. For pretty much all of human history, the common folk only could say what their king, queen or petty despot allowed them to say.
That finally changed 241 years ago as the upstart American republic said that anything goes.
Speak your mind, print what you want, and worship – or don’t.
Your fellow citizens might disagree, but your government can’t do anything about it.Read More:
http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2017/11/02/jon-gabriel-losing-free-speech/825918001/