Agreed. Someone stated the other day on something similar and it matches up pretty well, it went something like:
"...you have the right to free speech, not consequence free speech"
"...you have the right to free speech, not consequence free speech"
It makes me really uneasy though. I'm starting to think free speech should be protected in non-government situations as well. Because otherwise you can get your job/project/social media account/etc. destroyed by mobs if you happen to have an opinion that's not politically fashionable at the moment.
I could just be reading it wrong, but "you have the right to free speech, but not their consequences" seems to have an implicit "...because me and my friends will gang up and hound you if you say something we don't like" hanging at the end of the sentence
Everything that happened to Eich was a result of people organizing speech and associating with each other freely to amplify the power of their voices.