Age of rage vs. free speech: We've been here before and here's what happened

As the nation heads into the July 4th holiday, we have rarely been more divided. Ironically, we are still debating the core values that define us, particularly the right to free speech.

Jonathan Turley is a Fox News Media contributor and the Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University. He is the author of "The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage" (Simon & Schuster, June 18, 2024).

Roughly 250 years ago, a group calling itself the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships and dumped almost 100,000 pounds of English tea into the Boston harbor. The "Boston Tea Party" is still celebrated as an act of defiance that helped spark the American Revolution.