Comment by AnHonestComment

The original reason for free speech was to allow people of different creeds to work together against government.

The Bill of Rights is establishing as a baseline the policies that were found to reduce tribal conflicts in the European empires — having a strong central identity as a state (eg “American Destiny”), but allowing individual tribes under the state a great deal of freedom in religious practices. As a secondary purpose, it tamped down the worst state abuses.

The anti-religious messaging, the anti-conservative messaging, etc undermine this and are bringing back sectarian strife inside the state.