“progressive willing to weaken free speech norms”
It’s part of obtaining power.
I think it's more a part of clinging to the essentially-bogus "power" the worldwide Left has obtained by gaslighting and misleading over the past couple of years. The more the "pandemic" hysteria their bought-and-paid-for media has cultivated begins to recede, the more people are beginning to ask questions that are very inconvenient for them.
“Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views, but then are shocked and offended to discover that there are other views.”
— William F. Buckley Jr.
“The right to speak freely does not include the right to be taken seriously. And it certainly doesn’t include the obligation that others must supply you with a platform.”
– Johan Norberg