How can an artistic paean to freedom provide succour to those who suppress freedom?

By mid-1960s the government started to suppress freedom of thought, which led to increasing unrest among the students.

The more they see their rulers suppress freedoms, the angrier people become.

The newspaper was opposed to the governments policies of suppressing freedoms, which were quite evident in the targeted arrests of members of political parties.

He openly suppressed freedom of speech, arrested and detained political enemies, and violated the state and federal constitutions on numerous occasions.