I think it's really basic what they want: there are things they hate or fear (either with good reason or just because propaganda everywhere is telling them to feel that way) and they want those things censored.
When and if they change their minds about censorship will depend on whether or not it happens to somebody they don't hate or fear and whom they feel doesn't deserve it. Possibly when it happens to them.
The United States has done a hell of a lot that's morally wrong during its existence whereas Canada has a less shitty record (although it seems to be closing the gap; stuff like freezing people's bank accounts was sure a big step in the wrong direction!), but I've always felt that the United States had done one thing absolutely right that Canada did absolutely wrong, just like so many other countries that did the same as Canada were absolutely wrong.
Here it is: the United States has the First Amendment, and no laws against hate speech at this time. Canada has nothing like the First Amendment, and that's bad for Canadians. There's a fuckton of censorship happening in both countries, but at least in the US they seem to have to go to a little more trouble so that they can censor within the confines of the First Amendment. Like how instead of just declaring certain speech verboten, the government has to call Big Tech heads before Congress and coerce them into doing the censorship on the government's behalf. I think here in Canada, they could just make a law where saying X was punishable by being fined or jailed for a certain amount of money or time respectively.
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