It seems like the author is bending over backwards to advocate _some_ censorship over unfettered free speech. Yet, I don't see free speech as being the issue h

It seems like the author is bending over backwards to advocate _some_ censorship over unfettered free speech. Yet, I don't see free speech as being the issue here at all. The truth is that when a significant percentage of the population holds regressive views, they'll seek out and amplify people who pander to those views to the exclusion of all others. This has gotten more irritating for the moderate mainstream with the advent of internet, but the root of the problem always is the presence of a core critical mass of the electorate that espouses those views.