Alma Chapter 46 the church's and many others' definition of liberty. You are free as long as you do what we say.

23 Moroni said unto them: Behold, we are a remnant of the seed of Jacob; yea, we are a remnant of the seed of Joseph, whose coat was rent by his brethren into many pieces; yea, and now behold, let us remember to keep the commandments of God, or our garments shall be rent by our brethren, and we be cast into prison, or be sold, or be slain.

35 And it came to pass that whomsoever of the Amalickiahites that would not enter into a covenant to support the cause of freedom, that they might maintain a free government, he caused to be put to death; and there were but few who denied the covenant of freedom.

36 And it came to pass also, that he caused the title of liberty to be hoisted upon every tower which was in all the land, which was possessed by the Nephites; and thus Moroni planted the standard of liberty among the Nephites.

I take it this liberty did not include a free press.

Oh, you betcha -- you're free, unless you don't like our idea of freedom, in which case we'll kill you.

Sadly, I've often heard similar things from self-labeled "patriots" today. Even plagiarizing Joe knew a repeating theme of history when he saw one (once in a while).