Excellent comment. > suppose you're right; and suppose you're given the power to suppress all such harmful discussions. I would suggest an additional thought

Excellent comment. > suppose you're right; and suppose you're given the power to suppress all such harmful discussions. I would suggest an additional thought experiment: imagine that 200 years ago people had suppressed what they considered harmful discussions. Why are so many people who are interested in progressive causes so against the things that have and do help progress such causes?