And these days freedom of speech needs defenders, for when I look around, I find it under attack everywhere. Blacklisting, cancel culture, libraries being closed or defunded, classic works of literature being banned or bowdlerized or removed from classrooms, an ever growing list of “toxic” words the mere utterance of which is now forbidden no matter the context or intent, the erosion of civility in discourse. Both the Rabid Right and the Woke Left seem more intent on silencing those whose views they disagree with, rather than besting them in debate. And the consequences for those who dare to say things deemed offensive have been growing ever more dire; jobs lost, careers ended, books cancelled, “deplatforming.”
Full blog post here: https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/08/15/let-his-voice-be-heard/
I don't think the Right is trying to silence anyone at all. The main thing the Right does now is DRAW ATTENTION TO left wing speech.
Shit like "keep your weird politics out of the classroom" has nothing to do with freedom of speech, since nobody is EVER entitled to free speech at their job. Nobody is even trying to kick these trannies and groomers off of Twitter, if anything the Right is reposting them to show the world the ugly truth.