No, free speech means speech without consequences. And it doesn't exist in the extreme absolute version. The more consequences of speech, the less free it is.

No, free speech means speech without consequences. And it doesn't exist in the extreme absolute version. The more consequences of speech, the less free it is. The 1st amendment protects speech from government consequences, even though it isn't absolute. Consequences in the private market still reduce the freedom of speech even though they have nothing to do with the Constitution. And if someone finds their freedom reduced, they can perfectly reasonably complain about it. And you can rationally talk about how the reduction was fair or that it wasn't. You can't rationally deny the reduction. EDIT: I barely ever do this sort of edit, but c'mon. People downvoted this? It's like some people are opposed to plain truth. Nothing above is remotely questionable.