The word “requiem” is a religious ceremony that includes prayers for the departed to find eternal rest. There are also other meanings for requiem, and one of these is the figurative use as a description of something that serves as a mournful commemoration of something that has been lost, such as a “requiem for a lost world.” A variation of this last phrase, substituting “free speech” in place of “lost world,” is the appropriate phrase for the situation that Americans currently face. This is particularly vexing and has revealed a tear in the fabric of civility in the form of propaganda that threatens the demise of free speech in America. A veneer of fear has descended upon America, and people are finding themselves targeted for speech that does not jibe with ideas circulated by the Trump regime. Chiefly, free speech is under attack, and if people do not wake up and respond appropriately, we may soon find that we will need a requiem for free speech as it meets its demise.