Sounds like the people around you don't care about the things that is actually eroding free speech.

Read about Dr Aladwan - an NHS doctor - who has barred from practising because of her comments on Israel. Read the common articles about her (BBC etc), and then go actually read her tweets. Common BS of conflating criticism of a government (Israel) with antisemitism.

Also, this article may be of interest:

China soars in democratic perception ranking as US, Israel plummet: Poll

https://thecradle.co/articles/china-soars-in-democratic-perc...