Today in actual free speech violations: DOJ issues warrant for info on protesters
Although your less-than-friendly neighborhood “alt-righter” might want to pervert it into a license to say any bigoted thing they want, the First Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America simply ensures the people’s right to express themselves without fear of government reprisal. So while KekiBro69 or whomever might think that people telling him he’s a piece of shit for parroting Nazi slogans have violated his free speech, the fact of the matter is that, as long as the government doesn’t get involved, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from consequences. Twitter can kick him off its service, Google can deny his domain registration, a private university can decline to book him as a speaker, or a private company can fire him for violating their code of ethics, assuming said employer isn’t violating contract law or the Civil Rights Act in the process.
