FREEDOM REQUIRES RULE OF LAW, ARBITRARY LAW DESTROYS FREEDOM

When I use the term freedom, I mean that each individual is free to live their own life, to make their own choices, and to have their own thoughts and to be able to express those thoughts. One individuals’ freedom ends when they take away the freedom of another. Perhaps the most important right to secure freedom is for a person to be able to have their own thoughts and to express those thoughts. This would be freedom of speech.
When freedom of speech is taken, freedom is taken. The speech can be labeled however one side would wish to label it, but regardless of the label, freedom requires that it still be allowed to be spoken. Those who justify their right to limit speech, are in fact practicing arbitrary law.
Let me explain. The Constitution of the United States is very definite about freedom of speech. The first amendment says that we can have no restrictions on freedom of speech. So are we allowed to lie about other people, are we allowed to holler fire in a crowded theater. The answer to both questions is yes, and the law prohibits any law against either. When we make a law against either, we are then on the slippery slope we now find ourselves.
That does not mean that the person who lies or the person who hollers fire is not responsible for any harm that might result from their actions. Freedom requires that citizens be responsible for their actions. Freedom requires that the law be applied equally to the irresponsible regardless of their race, their gender, or their political affiliation. When we start to apply the law differently based on the above, then we are no longer based on rule of law, but we are now practicing arbitrary law. That means we are no longer living in a free society, but we are living in a dictatorial society, or a democratic society.
Democracy is a state of dictatorship. Those who are in power can and do dictate that those with whom they agree should be treated differently from whom those with whom they disagree.  This is democracy, this is dictatorship, this is arbitrary law, this is not freedom.