Woodrow Wilson's War at Home

The article adopts libertarian critique of government overreach during WWI, framing state suppression of dissent as a central narrative. Word choice like 'targeted' and 'silencing' applies charged language to characterize government action, while centering anti-war figures as victims of state power. Reason's editorial stance emphasizes civil liberties violations and skepticism of wartime authority, a left-libertarian position critical of establishment interventionism, though distinct from progressive anti-war framing.

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• This article does not address why the Wilson administration and Congress believed wartime speech restrictions were necessary to maintain national security
• This article does not contextualize the historical threat environment (e.g., domestic sabotage, spy rings, conscription resistance) that motivated Espionage Act enforcement