To the first: you are free to seek the information elsewhere. That's the whole point of my argument, the whole "the person who loses when X is silenced is not t

To the first: you are free to seek the information elsewhere. That's the whole point of my argument, the whole "the person who loses when X is silenced is not the speaker but the listener" doesn't work when you can go to 100 websites and make your voice heard, possibly earning lots of money while complaining about being silenced. And bans on teaching critical race theory is being called for by similar groups that are decrying the death of free speech when racists get criticized. To the second: The thing is, if I'm a student paying tuition, or a colleague who's implicated by you, can I push for official sanctioning and/or dissociation once you make your speech? I'd argue yes. It's private institutions which can make their own rules (public institutions are more complicated, but are often held to a standard of "public pressure is okay, state pressure isn't" in my country) As long as we have a healthy media and educational system of diversity , these debates and issues are not about free speech, they are about people exercising their free speech, then getting a bunch of other people using their free speech to react to it and calling for consequences and the initial speakers wanting indemnity. Those who complain about silence tend to be quite audible. I'd say, let them do like those who founded https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_University_of_Berlin https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_University_of_Berlin instead of trying to evade consequences in cushy, well paid jobs