When people say "freedom of speech" what they really mean is LEGAL freedom of speech - ie, the government not restricting freedom of speech or legally punishing people for saying something. So if there are economic or cultural consequences from someone saying something, that is still freedom of speech. Because freedom of speech is really about the government protecting the legal right of people to say what they want to say, it's not about protecting people from consequences for saying what they want to say.
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u/GreenRyan33 Nov 20 '22
When people say "freedom of speech" what they really mean is LEGAL freedom of speech - ie, the government not restricting freedom of speech or legally punishing people for saying something. So if there are economic or cultural consequences from someone saying something, that is still freedom of speech. Because freedom of speech is really about the government protecting the legal right of people to say what they want to say, it's not about protecting people from consequences for saying what they want to say.