[Barrin92]

>Self-censorship is reaching all-time highs across the globe. It is unpleasant, and by preventing free discussion, it is inhibiting progress. We need to stop it.

Don't see any evidence of this. I grew up in a small conservative town. Dying your hair the wrong colour, being gay or not showing up at church could have been a social death sentence.

Today expressing non-consensus opinions is easier than ever, because of social media. In the past there was no social media, so random people expressing opinions at all wasn't possible, so it's not a meaningful comparison.

Today there's much more freedom to express what one wants, of course, if people amass large audiences it's also easily possible to create a two-sided shitstorm. That has nothing to do with not being able to express opinions though.

Also writing non-discrimination into law because of opinions people express is in itself a serious overstep of government. Opinions (in contrast to race, sex and so on), are neither innate and often highly relevant when it comes to the job at hand or the fit on a team. No company should be forced to say, endure a civil war in the office because they can't fire someone with extreme political opinions who constantly stirs up cultural wars.