We don’t know how much the heat has been turned up in the pot cooking the frog. Free speech, what free speech - say the wrong thing and get fired, sued, kicked out of school, etc.
When I was in New Zealand 3 years ago, I was at the hostel talking to one of the front desk kids. Several good looking college girls walked by and out of the blue, I asked the question, “are you allowed to go out with the people that stay here”. The young gentleman responded there were no rules against it but went on to rip on P.C. He mentioned that in NZ, you are free to speak your viewpoint and are expected to express it without repercussions.
Where I work at now, I cannot talk about how bad homosexuality is without putting my job on the line. In my old DoD job, there was certain freedom to speak your mind but it was quickly being lost.
Thanks for validating what I’m trying to say.