Kelliezgirl
Debauched Dilettante
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I think most people probably don't think that, although it's not a matter of the First Amendment because the First Amendment doesn't limit the ability of private movie studios to blacklist actors for political reasons.
This thread is more about courtesy, i.e., what people SHOULD say, than about rights, i.e., what people CAN say without threat of punishment by the government, or by powerful organizations.
My point is simply that people often start tossing out "freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from accountability/consequences", and accept it without question while simultaneously believing that Hollywood blacklisting was an awful thing.
If we want "consequences" for people freely expressing their thoughts and feelings we ought to consider that we won't always be the ones deciding who suffers those consequences.