I usually think that people are as tolerant as me, and that is a big mistake by my part.
As this is a forum, it is not the same as having someone face to face and have to discuss with him/her.
Here you can ignore and don’t read something if it is not in your wave. (I do this all the time )
I like discussions, always taken from respect and made with respect and no intentional offense. And I can accept people not being compliant with what I say and accept that. ( Well, if the discussion is face to face, then perhaps there will be loud words, but is galician hot blood )
Discussions, controversy and divisions are in this forum everywhere, and people with different opinions everywhere, but talking with respect, it could not damage anyone.
There will be people which take the things personally and take different opinions like a personal attack, and I saw that in this forum sometimes in points of view opposed in growing methods discussions!!
I don’t like the censorship unless it is in response to disrespect.
I was not here the time you talk about that quarrels, and perhaps I’m not aware of the dangers of “free speech”, because I’m not a person very active in forums, mostly because all have some berserk that not have education or respect, or only write to attack others. I saw this behaviour in many forums and that keeped me away.
Perhaps you are right in that having some less free speech is better, but not for being better is always correct. As my couple says to me “if I put a finger in your ass, it just fits, but it is not correct”. (En castellano se entiende mejor: “si te meto un dedo en el culo queda justo, pero no es lo más correcto”)
Anyway, as you said, hope all this cool down.