Not even slightly. If asked to identify a particular place or institution where debate, thought, learning and reflection take place most people would point at universities.

And in the west, where is freedom of speech most restricted , imperilled and where is most obsessed with safe spaces and safe speech? Universities!

You’re painting all universities with the same brush. The universities that engage in debate are, unsurprisingly, not the ones that restrict such debate.

So what are you even trying to argue here?