freedom of speech - say whatever you want, then use every power of the deep state to shut down any challenge, question, assertion, or dispute to your statement - and we americans go on, perfectly satisfied with the narrative. It's like i'm living in some sort of dystopian novel. ... and no, it is not a grammatical error to not capitalize the 'A' in american, because I can think of more accurate words that begin with 'A' to describe our collective selves.