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>sliding down the slippery slope more every year

It was not so long ago that e.g. Fred Hampton was assassinated for being a charismatic and intelligent public speaker and community organizer.

This is standard MO for protestor handling and it is the exact reason why opsec has always been very important when organising a protest. You best believe that if the cops get involved, you are not safe anymore. This is not a lately thing - it is as true today as it was 40 years ago.

What is your point of reference? Because in the 60s you had people literally killed by western governments for protesting so the slope doesn't seem downhill from there at least. Same thing for censoring, there is much less now than back then.

yea we did this in the UK during the 2011 riots, not technically protesting but same as this law.