In my opinion, this is one of your most erudite and compelling editorials.
Language is clear and terse.  You back up your opinions with facts.  You do not overstate your assertions...in fact just the opposite.  I just finished watching a live news broadcast of  Trump lecturing a group of religious conservatives.  Words and phrases like 'Our values must be preserved; The word 'God' (Christian) is mentioned no less than 3 times in our constitution; We will return to a point where the world will see that we are right and will accept our leadership."  I have paraphrased Trump's comments but I believe I have captured the gist of what he said.  My fear is that he is succeeding in taking us back to a time when people were punished for expressing views that were not in line with the government of the day.  The Globe's editorial shines a light on some of the dangers.  Are we heading down the long term road of compliance or freedom?