Sounds better if you say "Free speech may have consequences." As in the classic example, you're not free to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater (unless there reall

Sounds better if you say "Free speech may have consequences." As in the classic example, you're not free to yell "Fire" in a crowded theater (unless there really is one I suppose). And "free speech" only addresses the government's responsibility not to restrict speech. Any citizen or business has no legal requirement to allow free speech. Right-wingers are using the term to claim that their views are discriminated against, but no publisher is legally required to publish anything that anybody submits. There's always some sort of discrimination that needs to be involved.