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Originally Posted by Billi
Aren't you contradicting yourself here? If freedom of speech would be an absolutely sacred right wouldn't this mean that there must not follow any financial consequences (in an ideal world)?
I think voting with your wallet is some kind of censorship, maybe from the "good side", but nevertheless.
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I don't think that there was a contradiction. Freedom of speech does not guarantee nor even imply a lack of financial consequences.
Just as an author has freedom of speech, so do I have freedom of choice. And vice-versa. To imply that I should limit the reasons that I make a choice would be to imply that
I should be censored in my decision-making.
Most freedom of speech laws relate to requiring governments not to censor, not private citizens. Citizens have the right to censor for themselves and that right is as important as freedom of speech.