The Thought Police were a secret police, maintained by the government as part of its system of maintaining power. The British government does not give fuck what our opinions on Brexit are at this point. It's certainly not trying to stop people talking about it. In fact, it benefits them to have this rhetoric that they supported the 'silence majority' and have people argue over who can say what while they do as they like.
I just think it’s healthy to take into account everyone’s views, including yours, we don’t have to conform to them nor should we disregard them due to being different
There are benefits to seeing multiple sides of an argument, but that doesn't mean it's always healthy to see all sides or that there are not risks to spending time ruminating over the different sides of the argument. There is that whole saying about being so open minded one's brain falls out.
I have had people tell me, in their opinion, that if I had any real human feelings towards the burdens I cause others I would kill myself, and my not doing so is proof of my inhumanity. I have other people tell me that I shouldn't have been allowed to immigrate because I don't celebrate the right holidays and my children should be taken from me because I left the faith of my father.
Would it be healthy to take those opinions into account? Probably not. The only ones whose opinions matter on my immigration were the government, they were the only ones who had power to do anything, not the random person who thinks I should be deported. What someone feels about something matters little, it's what people have the power to do that matters.
You have a right to your own thoughts, but once you express them to others, it's up to you to make the argument for them. People are free to dismiss, ignore, and not perpetuate such an argument. I don't need to consider any of them anymore than I need to consider what corporation advertise at me their opinions on what I should buy or all the things on Facebook marketplace. They're there, but it doesn't mean I have to take much notice or give it space in my life. Freedom of expression does not mean power to compel people to pay attention and engage with said expression.
Blacklists are not new, calling it a culture doesn't make it one. We can shoulda, woulda, coulda all day long - ostracizing is a nasty part of being a social species, many other animals do it. Social media can make rabid beasts of people, but the issue is what institutions give these people - of all policial stripes - the power to do with their arguments, not that people can freely ignore arguments and opinions. Ignoring cancel cries of Twitters and so on is a route many take, and can freely do. Many are supporting these 'canceled' voices through other means and cancel culture is slowly but eventually shifting. Into what is anyone's guess, but I would like it to move away from this 'who is the most silenced and oppressed of all' narrative which I can't see any good coming from.