But they have drawn it! They have decided the limits of acceptable discourse in this country! They are putting a limit on free speech to supposedly protect it!
Suggesting an argument should not be elevated to a particular stage threatens speech more than threats.
Which is fine as metaphors go but you don't PROTECT canaries. You WATCH them.
It's, if the coalmine isn't safe to breathe in, you can watch the canary because it'll go first.
So we do. That's exactly what we do.
And they call it cancel culture.
In a lot of "liberal" settings, speech that suggests that Nazi speech is dangerous and may lead to Nazi outcomes gets axed before Nazi speech.
Two things. Two things that are wrong with this approach.
You're not worried where THAT will lead, so why worry where THIS will lead?
What elitist censorious pricks.