I don't think anyone born in the last 30 years realises what freedom used to look like. We did pretty well have the freedom to say as we pleased. In recent years there have been more and more restraints placed on our freedom of speech and indeed the right to protest.
Take the Count Dankula case for example. Whether you think it was funny or not, considering the context, it certainly did not constitute hate speech.
First they came for the comedians........
I talk with young people regularly, and they can't imagine many of the things that were completely normal many years ago. It is a strange blend of coddling, paranoia and political correctness that has gone completely overboard.
Dankula is a great example, but far from the only one. In the EU right now censorship and political persecution of anything remotely non-establishment narrative is swiftly punished. Just look at the Robinson fiasco, a travesty of justice.
It is 2018. Many voters this year have no recollection of a pre-9/11 world. Gate rape and porno-scanners for the airport are the norm. Passports to see Canada and Mexico are stats quo. Perpetual war is just the way things are.