> Free speech doesn't mean you only get to hear what you want to hear. (I'm assuming you're speaking of US 1st Amendment free speech) I don't think it means an

> Free speech doesn't mean you only get to hear what you want to hear. (I'm assuming you're speaking of US 1st Amendment free speech) I don't think it means anything about what I hear. I choose what I hear: I take in a bit of TV news, and some radio. I follow a few blogs. Nobody is obliged to consume Faceache and Twaddle. Your question: No, being ostracised isn't violence. Boycotts are not violence. If I prefer not to meet you or deal with you, that isn't violence. Violence would be forcing me to deal with an anti-gay bigot when I don't want to. Does that help?