Thank you. I think you hit the nail on the head as far as this generation and its numerous panic buttons. The one thing that sets this generation apart from all of the previous generations is social media.
In the past, everyone had an opinion. But that opinion was pretty much limited to a vacuum. Today, any moron can express an opinion through a meme and feel like they said something important... Even though they didn't. They just expressed an opinion that they happen to agree with accompanied by an amusing image.
Politics, human rights, immigration, social welfare and racism are all issues that are timeless. They're nothing new. The only thing that's new are the forums in which we express our concerns about them. I'll admit that I'm a bit of a cynic. But I don't think the future is a dystopian wasteland. Only because I know that more people are waking up to the distraction of social media and political talking heads being called out as the charlatans that they are.
RE: Free Speech Aways Has, and Always Will be Under Attack