This is true, but it does mean we have drag people past thinking about free speech strictly in terms of the 1st amendment. All too often people respond to a si

This is true, but it does mean we have drag people past thinking about free speech strictly in terms of the 1st amendment. All too often people respond to a situation like the OP with "freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences" and consider the discussion over. Parent poster has clearly experienced this. See also: Marsh vs. Alabama. Relates more to platforms like Youtube and Twitter but is still relevant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_v._Alabama Marsh v. Alabama, 326 U.S. 501 (1946), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court, in which it ruled that a state trespassing statute could not be used to prevent the distribution of religious materials on a town's sidewalk, notwithstanding the fact that the sidewalk where the distribution was taking place was part of a privately owned company town. The Court based its ruling on the provisions of the First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment.