According to my communication law professor last semester (Paul Gates, the f*cking man), the most highly regarded, most highly protected form of speech is political speech. The type of language regarding how a country should be run. It's obvious why this form of speech is so sacred. Without conflicting political ideas, the United States would still be a colony of England.
The thing is, free political speech is dangerous to those in power. So what do they do? They suppress all ideas that oppose how they run things. You can't have a revolution if you can't talk about it.
The following people are some of the biggest suppressors of speech that doesn't roll with their ideology. Whether via imprisonment, execution or b*tching, the following 11 people hate free political speech and silence those who oppose them.
1. Benito Mussolini
Fascist dictator of Italy from 1922 - 1943
2. Joseph Stalin
Head of the Soviet Union from 1922 - 1952
3. Adolf Hitler
Chancellor of Germany from 1934 - 1945
4. Francisco Franco
Dictator of Spain from 1936 - 1975
5. Mao Zedong
Chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1945 - 1976
6. Kim Il-Sung (and his spawn)
Supreme leader of the Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea) from 1948 - 1994
7. Fidel Castro
Communist dictator of Cuba from 1959 - 2008
8. Mobutu Sese Seko
Military dictator of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 - 1997
9. Hugo Chavez
President of Venezuela from 1999 - 2013
10. Vladimir Putin
Some combination of prime minister and president of Russia from 1999 - present.
11. Modern day college students
Getting offended by opposing political ideals since 2016
Moral of the story: silencing political opposition is a totalitarian move. Conflicting ideas comes with democracies. If you can't handle that because it "offends" you, go move to a single party state.
