Globally, free speech is alive and kicking. Free speech is improving in China, India, Africa, etc. Slowly but surely. In Europe, there are setbacks. Burn enoug

Globally, free speech is alive and kicking. Free speech is improving in China, India, Africa, etc. Slowly but surely. In Europe, there are setbacks. Burn enough embassies and the pragmatic Scandinavians will eventually ask you to stop burning a certain book. For the US, it’s well protected by the first amendment to the constitution. The youth is just particularly sensitive to accusations of racism and such. College students have taboo topics because they’re not very sophisticated (yet). It’s easy - even for Ivy-educated folks - to conflate an ethnic group with a religious one. Or a “race” with a culture. Their views will hopefully change with time. The real threat to freedoms is the appetite for security. And the best way to protect it is to stop being so easily terrorised.