What level of importance do you put on your feelings? Should feelings govern free speech?

I'm really interested to know. My generation was told our feelings didn't matter. Listen to George Carlin sometime. It's been said that offending others is necessary to think critically. In my opinion if we put too high a value on feelings our ability to think critically will diminish. We're at a point where the level headed are afraid to speak in fear of offending half baked idiots. Reply any way you like. I don't silence or kick people out of the conversation for their opinion. I will remove you if all you do is name call or insult without valid argument. ☮️