GET REAL! THERE IS A DIFFERENCE THAT ANY THINKING PERSON CAN SEE:

>>Universally-imposed political correctness is not the same thing as free speech. It suppresses it.

>>Trolling to such an extent that conversation halts is not the same thing as "free speech" either; it kneecaps it.

>>Independent views backed by evidence are not the same thing as fake news.

>>"Anonymous sources (or unnamed CIA agents) say" is not the same thing as journalism.

>>"Experts say" is not the same thing as science.

>> Calling people names because they disagree with you  is not the same thing as mounting a convincing argument for your views.

>>Writing something in caps is not the same thing as having evidence.

>>Denouncing everyone in any group --men, women, blacks, whites, Jews, Muslims, Christians, agnostics, socialists, capitalists etc.-- is not the same thing as intelligent discernment. 

>>Demanding that human rights be extended to women is not the same thing as hating men.

>>Being concerned about protecting men's human rights is not the same thing as hating women.

>>Denouncing Israel's treatment of Palestinians is not the same thing as antisemitism.

>>Liking a particular president or prime minister is not the same thing as patriotism.

>>Disliking a particular president or prime minster is not the same thing as treason.

>>Ceasing to be the majority in a country is not the same thing as being the object of genocide.

>>Racism (the systemic often violent suppression of one ethnic group by another) is not the same thing as ethnic hatred (which goes both ways).

>>Equality of opportunity is not the same thing as equality of outcome. 

>>Denouncing something as "Left" or "Right" is not a knowledgeable argument against the point being made.