Silence = Violence??

To quote Inigo Montoya, "I do not think that word means what you think it means." ()

The same people that today shout that Silence = Violence were telling us last semester that our Words = Violence. So, Silence and our Words are both Violence. Got it.

What they are really trying to say is that the rest of us are compelled to support their cause ... or else. Anything short of prostrating ourselves to help them deliver their message (whatever it is) can lead us to be called a racist or being canceled. How has the mob gained such power? Who are the cowards who are assisting the mob in firing employees for thought crimes? How does this madness end?