The difference is, unfortunately, splitting legal hairs. The premise of the civil liberty, and the amendment which enshrines it, is not to squelch debate; but the Republican party has recognized (quite accurately) that squelching debate gains them power. Hence, the current tactics. Obvious correlation ...
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The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently. Friedrich Nietzsche
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