This year I've heard that both speech and silence is violence...so you can't win either way with some people.

Unless you say exactly what they want ;)

Which might work, until "what they want" moves. (They also get you in trouble for things you said in the past...)

I love how you're being downvoted for what is obviously and objectively true.

I'd wager that there's a not insignificant group of Americans that actually think hate speech is illegal (hint: it isn't).

he's being downvoted because he didn't get the obvious sarcasm.