1. The more politically powerless you feel, the more you support free speech in order to protect speech you agree with.
2. More intelligent people are more likely to land in less politically powerful ideologies, just due to exploring more of them.
The graph showing that "Communist" most favor free speech and "Military" supports it least seems to be consistent with a political power gradient.
A prediction of this explanation: As power shifts, e.g. as leftists come to dominate academia, the group gaining power will tend to favor free speech less, and visa versa.
1. The more politically powerless you feel, the more you support free speech in order to protect speech you agree with.
2. More intelligent people are more likely to land in less politically powerful ideologies, just due to exploring more of them.
The graph showing that "Communist" most favor free speech and "Military" supports it least seems to be consistent with a political power gradient.
A prediction of this explanation: As power shifts, e.g. as leftists come to dominate academia, the group gaining power will tend to favor free speech less, and visa versa.