The first time I've seen this broadly supported level of censorship across so many institutions was during Covid regarding the possible role of the Wuhan Instit

The first time I've seen this broadly supported level of censorship across so many institutions was during Covid regarding the possible role of the Wuhan Institute of Virology. It seems like this has now become normalized and we're seeing the same thing again. Both with a strikingly similar pretense "talking about this would endanger a certain minority". Regardless of the fact that the actual subject of the discussion is causing much more harm, especially to a "minority", than talking about it would. And once again, the actual underlying reason being """I've worked hard to get to where I am and talking about it would be uncomfortable for some of my peers, the risk of which is far more important than those who are suffering, and never mind it directly contradicting the original reason I went into this career in the first place""".