Anyone paying attention to the news of the day can see there are calls to limit the right of free speech in the US for various reason ranging from national security to racial unrest. You might think these calls are unprecedented. You’d be wrong. In the very early days of our republic, back in 1798, there were calls to make criticizing the government a crime.
Today on the Best Of Our Knowledge, we’re going to return to history class and discuss those early calls for restricting free speech in the US
And we’ll spend an academic minute finding out if all that history is actually accurate.
