The Trump admin “censorship” is a direct outcome of the statist expansion of Leviathan.
Back in the day, the govt didn’t touch every dimension of life, liberty, and property. Today, Universities are addicted to federal funding of R&D etc - something the Founders likely would abhor, and which (many but not all) conservatives and all libertarians reject.
Trump is effectively telling a heroine addict that they must behave the way he wants, or else he’ll withhold their smack. Clinically, that’s not censorship.
However, if the tables were turned and, say, the govt pulled funding to charities that promoted alternatives to abortion, “conservatives” would light up with righteousness indignation.
well we know they’ll be back, and the tables will eventually be turned again. There are far too many industries including higher ed, addicted to fed dollars. The precedent has now been set... the next time the dems are in, it won’t be with a senile Biden.