said by Roundboy 
:said by KUppiano :Free speech is only about being able to criticize your government without being thrown in jail. It doesn't protect you from having your keester handed to you in the public arena, or by private organizations (e.g., your workplace) when you cross cultural standards of decency or popular opinion... as the Dixie Chicks discovered the hard way.
your kidding.. right? Free speech is almost everything... exceptions being yelling 'FIRE' in a movie theater when there is no fire.
Free speech protects the Dixie Chicks from stating opinion.. and the opinions of those for or against them.
Thanks for playing..
(yes.. thats free speech too)
Another exception would be this website.. Since its privately run, the owner can remove postings as he sees fit.. nothing protects that post. But something that is LEGAL to do, but maybe not everyones choice of nudity, has EVERY RIGHT to be there.
Kidding? Absolutely not. You didn't read my post very carefully, did you? I said free speech means the govenment can't throw you in jail for stating your opinion, but it doesn't protect anyone from negative responses from the general public. You can't drop trou or scream obscenities in town square (yet) - local ordinances rightly set the standards for the community. And no one is protected from being kicked out of private groups or from being fired for stupidly shooting their mouth off (see also: hate speech).
