re: #368 klys

Also, how would anyone know how you voted unless you crowed about it publicly? I personally don’t tell people how I vote for anything, but, if you know me and take the time to talk with me sometimes, you could probably figure it out. Still, there’s no proof how I voted, just my word, or not.

I’m honestly not sure what the hell Kilgore’s point is here. Sure, be a bigot, be a jerk if you feel you have to. But that free speech doesn’t come without any challenges to it or consequences. Rush Limbaugh for example is allowed to say whatever the hell he wants, it’s protected under the first amendment. However, he is not entitled to a national platform, a fat paycheck or a syndicated radio program as part of his first amendment protections. He’s also not free from people responding negatively to his supreme brand of assholishness and his legacy of hatred. People seem to have this misconception that the first amendment protects them from consequences, um no.