If you know, you know. For all the others: It is not about academic virtues and studying and the pursuit of knowledge. It is about getting you ready for the job market and passing tests.
More so than 40 years ago, or even 20. In Germany, it is 25 years to be exact.
There are different conceptions of free speech, and an absolutist approach simply doesnt work. It gets abused by bad faith actors. Contrary to shouting idiots on the internet, you can be for free speech and think hate speech should be punishable by law.
I think especially americans should learn from the history of other countries and their approach to that topic.
Russia is so fucking fucked. Unbelievable.