There is not some monolithic entity that decides to cancel things. Businesses make decisions, usually based on money.

I do not have the right to say absolutely anything consequence-free. We do have standards and it would be complete anarchy without them.

What we are really disagreeing on (both you and I and society as a whole right now) is where to draw the line.

For example, imagine a public high school teacher tells his class white people are mentally far superior to all other races and getting rid of slavery was the biggest mistake the USA ever made. Oh, and by the way, girls who get raped are asking for it.

He'd hopefully get fired and rightly so. That is a curtailment of his free speech but necessary.

What about a teacher who refuses to use the correct pronouns for a trans student? I'd like to see that person fired but not all people would agree with me.

Or the teacher who says Merry Christmas instead of Happy Holidays despite having a class full of non-Christians. Not many would consider this a firing offense.

We draw lines all the time about what is and what isn't acceptable. When, where, and how people say things matter.

The real question is who gets to draw the lines and why?