And I’m telling you that marginalized groups have never had the same free speech of the majority. There is a long history of legal abuses, violence, and propaganda by the majority to silence the minority. In fact, the modern use of the term “Political Correctness” is a piece of conservative propaganda that has created an easy strawman to completely dismiss any concerns a minority might express - and you have right here used it as a strawman in a multitude of ways.
Calling a racist statement racist is not “losing an opportunity to counter a bad argument,” someone hearing that what they believe is offensive because of the history oppression of minorities that then feels like they were the ones harmed are at fault (not the one pointing that out to them), and literally no one is “clinging to sullen silence.” People are really vocal with their viewpoint, and as that speech is left unfettered they become even more brazen about it - that’s why there is an increase of hate crimes associated with the rise of people screeching about political correctness.
