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It turns out there's a considerable body of prior work on this specific issue:

And that work is mostly false.

The US has extremely strong protections for "intolerant" and "unpopular" beliefs. And it works out fine for us.

Freedom of speech, and tolerating everyone, including the intolerant, has worked out pretty well for us.

> has worked out pretty well for us.

I'm not sure how anyone can look at the fucking mess the US is currently in and say that.

Even in the US the current conception of "free speech" - both culturally and legally - only goes back to 1964.