General censorship applies and is pervasive in basically any discussion that starts with "there's some controversy because guy x said thing y," I mean, if we're talking about harping on about a small thing being silly, I agree, which is why I stated my original take here in the thread. Free speech isn't always a cozy, warm, happy thing, but the wokeism of "freedom of speech, not freedom of consequence," applies (logically, in cases like this, illogically in others) as a natural check.
Yes, every public forum online has a necessary check box to verify you read the terms of service, and by making an account, you've performed an act implying you'll abide by said terms or face removal, but ToS arguments are a lot like YouTube arguments. When someone says that they've been shadow banned, or their videos aren't sending out notifications to subscribers, or they're getting buried, they blame the algorithm, like it's some kind of pagan deity, but the algorithm (and terms of service) have intricacies mandated by real flesh and blood humans. The ToS didn't fall out of the heavens, it was written. I grew up feeling like a pansy, but now I feel like I was in the rough and tumble wild west growing up, because back then we were trusted with the autonomy to not kill ourselves when someone said something mean online.
It starts with sensible censorship, things everyone can agree with - no violence, no threats, no doxing, no hardcore porn. But times and values change, and the people involved and making the rules start pushing a little at a time and in ten years, Tombstone turns into 1984.
