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Originally Posted by anamardoll
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.
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Wow, really? That's absurd.
Just because you have the right to say it doesn't mean you have the right to not have any consequences from the public for saying it.
Someone is free to say whatever they want. I am also free to react to that however I want. Choosing not to give them my money is not "silencing" them. Even if they were homeless they can still say it. Their reach just might not be quite as big.
But if you're going to say that having a smaller reach equates to "silencing," then by that logic I would have the right to sue the government because I'm not rich enough to afford a billboard in Time Square, and thus I'm being "silenced." That's silly.
As to your poll, yes, I vote with my dollar. I try to do it as consistently and frequently as humanly possible, even if it causes me some inconvenience along the way. What I'm "voting on" largely depends on the particular thing you're talking about. But if an author supported something absolutely abhorrent, I would stop buying their books.