i wish i could upvote this! thanks for the fun post :)

reminded me of this great article i found a while back that gets into horizontal vs vertical censorship: https://pando.com/2015/02/04/the-geometry-of-censorship-and-satire/

at the end of the day, i think the people in your example who favor censorship when it favors them are just awed by power, like so many of us are when we're vulnerable. they probably also haven't experienced that power being aimed at THEM, else they'd feel differently about its wanton use!