This is true.
For example, this is the case with hate speech laws. Since it is not precisely defined or understood what hate speech actually constitutes, many and no things at the same time can be considered to be hate speech, so it can be used politically to reduce the freedom of expression and the rights given to people by the first amendment.
I think its the first one since the british believed that the loyalist would hold their territory
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