Freedom of speech is constantly being attacked. Whether it's a congressional action to ban TikTok or moral panic over deep fakes, it seems there's always someone coming up with an excuse to infringe on our fundamental free speech rights. These freedom-hating individuals always have some weak justification for their actions and it's usually some kind of emotional pitch designed to manipulate susceptible individuals who have not developed the ability to think critially about important issues. Distracted from the main issue by an emotional appeal, people can lose sight of the significant underlying issues and may be persuaded into supporting an initiative which trades away a significant right for a transitory advantage to some group of individuals. The biggest problem here is that few are willing to push back against the manipulation since the manipulators resort to dirty tricks to make those who stand up for the truth look bad.