So without bringing up He Who Must Not Be Named, I was intrigued by a recent thread wherein someone contended that deliberately not buying the (unrelated) works of someone for having different views than you was a trampling of the freedom of expression/speech.
I found this quite curious, because I actually "vote" with my dollars as much as I possibly can. I don't consider this to be censorship; I just consider myself to have limited disposable income and I want to maximize the chances that it goes to people who I feel will do the least harm with it.
I consider "freedom of speech" to be an absolutely sacred right, but at the same time, I don't expect there to not be financial consequences. If I released a very lovely book but then vocally went about on the internet saying that I very much enjoy watching, say,
Cat Juggling, in my spare time, I wouldn't be terribly surprised to see my book sales tank.
But that's just my opinion. I'm curious as to where other people stand on this. NOT AS SILLY AS ONE MIGHT LIKE FOR A THURSDAY POLL TIME.