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And MLK.
And Malcom X.
And Fred Hampton.
Hell, many people were arrested during McCarthyism simply for being communist. Lucille Ball and many others had to stand before the HUAC because they were members of the Communist party.
Freedom of speech (unless that speech poses a threat to the status quo)