You're absolutely right! And this is also exactly what the author does. Exercising the right to freedom of speech by complaining about the entitled freeloaders

You're absolutely right! And this is also exactly what the author does. Exercising the right to freedom of speech by complaining about the entitled freeloaders who complain (a tiny sliver of) their freebies got taken away from them. We sure love to complain. It's our freedom of speech.