This reads like a lot of mental gymnastics attempting to excuse the inexcusable. You argue that blocking debate is a righteous act because the theory's "very e

This reads like a lot of mental gymnastics attempting to excuse the inexcusable. You argue that blocking debate is a righteous act because the theory's "very existence harms public health". I'd counter that the gagging of a concerned public breeds distrust that is vastly more harmful than allowing debate would have been.