Tyranny.
This is what Tyranny looks like.
You are right. It doesn't roll in behind tanks and shock troops.
They impose it by regulation, decree, diktat, wearing suits and ties and bearing writs and white papers.
But they will crush their opponents (us) just the same.
Yes. All the left needs is one precedent, and by tomorrow morning there will be a list of 1001 opinions on the forbidden list, starting with race and gender but extending to history and economics.