Plum Crazy

Over at Shakesville, Melissa posted about comments made by one "Homeless Charlie" about Condi Rice and Laura Bush on the Opie and Anthony Show. She and others then suggested writing their sponsors to get their show pulled from the air. Unsurprisingly, several assholes then showed up in her comments to defend Opie and Anthony BECAUSE OF TEH FREE SPEECH!!1111!

Listen up, moronic assholes. Free speech doesn't mean you can say anything you want with no negative consequences. No, it does not. Really. Don't believe me? Try this as a little experiment. Walk up to your boss and say "I'd like to fuck you to death." When your ass is then hauled down to HR and fired, try using this as a defense: "Hey, I've got freedom of speech! I can say anything I like!"

What? You're not going to try that? Of course you're not. Because everyone knows perfectly well that freedom of speech doesn't protect you from being fired for insulting or threatening your boss. It's not protection against any and all negative consequences. It's protection against being arrested for publicly stating your opinion. Not against negative consequences in the private sphere. Advertisers still get to make decisions about whom they wish to sponsor. Businesses still get to make decisions about whom they wish to employ. We still get to make decisions about whom we wish to associate with.

So please, stop saying shit that has no basis in reality.