Is this a hint as to how the free world will end?

NPR just fired Juan Williams for an unspeakable crime. He shared a personal point of view that Muslims on his airplane make him nervous.
No shit, Juan.
Muslims on airplanes make some Americans nervous this days. There is a reason for that. For brevity’s sake, I won’t list the reasons. They are not intolerant morons because they are nervous. They are understandably wary.
He did not say that all Muslims are terrorists. He did not say that they should be tossed off the plane. He did not say that we are embroiled an a war for civilization that must be won at any cost. He did not say that Islam should be outlawed.
He said that Muslims make him nervous on airplanes.
NPR can fire Juan for saying the wrong words. They cannot alter his reasoning mind. Juan Williams now joins the throngs of decent folks who are being suppressed into silence while the new priesthood of political correctness expands their power and their control of what people are actually permitted to debate or discuss in public. Welcome to the new underground Juan.
Is this how the free world ends?