Right.

Please, remind me of a time in the past in which people could actually say whatever they wanted without repercussions.

Oh right, there's no actual time in the history of humanity, with the exception of a select few people whose odious opinions everyone had to tolerate or else.

> Please, remind me of a time in the past in which people could actually say whatever they wanted without repercussions.

Strawman.

No, there has probably never been such a time, at least for sufficiently creative uses of 'whatever'.

But that doesn't mean everything is fine, and it doesn't mean freedom of expression and public discourse haven't visibly degraded since, for example, ten or twenty years ago.

I remember when the Simpsons came out and when the same sort of people were complaining that cartoons were degrading our society's morals.