Does anyone else feel like this motion to censor political figures on social media as a result of what they said seems to have suddenly become a big issue real

Does anyone else feel like this motion to censor political figures on social media as a result of what they said seems to have suddenly become a big issue real quickly. Until last week President Trump would say whatever things he would say and the defense was basically as the President what he says should be a matter of national record and although it might <dumb,profound,ignorant,genius,etc> the idea was people should know what their President is saying. Now suddenly twitter hides one tweet and Civil rights leaders are applying pressure to CEOs and employee's are staging "virtual walkouts"? (Personally I find a virtual walkout to be kind of ridiculous but whatever) Ultimately my concern is that it seems that people keep wanting to expand the limits and boundaries on discussion and discourse, and not necessarily what someone says but rather their interpretation of what someone says. By that I mean, it doesn't matter what you say, what someone else thinks you said is what dictates whether it is okay to say it or not. I mean does anyone else remember the whole cofeve fiasco where several news outlets spent day(s) focusing on what it could mean and how it was a secret racist dog whistle? Don't get me wrong I don't like Trump I don't like how a lot of this situation is being handled, especially as it bodes for our rights as citizens, but it seems to me that rather than focusing on the problem many are instead trying to use this as a means to exert influence and control over what thoughts are acceptable to express and not.