On the contrary, I think there is a huge demand. I can find enjoyable community offline. Speaking for myself, freedom from censorship is in fact the main thing I want in a social network. Your values might differ.
I think you're missing the point. I understand that you value that. There is no question of that.
The majority of people however don't value it or actively desire it because no wants to live in a pigsty. There is a reason apps like Truth Social don't take off, and that 4chan never gained the mainstream popularity of other social sites.
There have been multiple reddit clones, multiple twitter clones, multiple social media clones all based on the false pretense that there is demand for a freeze peach social site, and they all fall flat. Mastodon is doing better than most and its gaining users because of Twitter catering to the alt-right and refusing to censor offensive or dangerous speech.
Dangerous speech?
Yes, if you go back and take a gander at US history, you'll learn that there is a long history of restricting speech that is likely to cause another person harm.
Is that something you are unaware of?
You're still looking at this from a legalistic perspective.
I'm not looking at it from a 'legalistic' perspective. I was elaborating for you because you seemed confused or uncertain about what dangerous speech was.
People want enjoyable communities far more than they want the 'freedom' to spam the n-word.