> The Right/Republicans have always touted free speech.

> The Left have always been a bit more 'censory'

Not "always", and not even now. It's always contingent and situational. Same goes for nearly every clause in the Bill of Rights.

At various points the left has been associated with the fights against obscenity laws, against Cold War loyalty oaths, against blacklisting, against bans of books.

At various points the right has been associated with the fights against desecration of the American flag, against the teaching of human evolution in schools, against depictions of sex in media, against anti-war demonstrations.