And the linked essay is from 2017!!! which makes it rather depressing that this deteriorating situation was foretold. If enough people had listened, the world could have avoided the mounting havoc. And here in 2025, they are still not listening.
I labored long under the same delusions as you. Turns out that for the media, Free Speech = Bad White Surpemacy = Good Bit of a surprise. Oh, well, live and learn [= Bad]