The “Free State of Florida” just saw armed police show up at a citizen’s door. Their crime? A Facebook comment criticizing Miami Beach Mayor Stephen Miner and his stance on Israel/Palestine.
This incident exposes the alarming framework that allows core political speech to be treated as a threat. The loudest free speech defenders—from Ron DeSantis to J.D. Vance—have built their brands on fighting censorship, yet they are silent when the threat comes from their own political apparatus.
Index Red follows the paper trail from a local theater controversy and a mayoral phone call, back to the IHRA definition and federal executive orders, to show how the infrastructure to suppress dissent is now fully built.
We are not on a slippery slope anymore. The censorship is here.
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