A free speech culture goes beyond the First Amendment

I've known some libertarians and conservatives to say: "You are free to speak. You are not free of the consequences."This is their way of saying, with approval, that the First Amendment only forbids the government from banning speech. But if you lose your college admissions, business customers, jobs, or platforms because of what you say, well then, tough. That's the "free market" at work. I disagree. While their interpretation of Constitutional law is accurate, the market is not moral, and not all consequences are just or conducive to a free society. Whereas the First Amendment is a legal doctrine, free...