[angus-prune]

Free speech cuts both ways.

You seem to suggestthat OP's control over their own site content (ie the manifesto) is somehow an affront to your belief in google's free speech.

You certainly see it as a big enough grievance to write a comment on HN which is repugnantly entitled.

They get to pass comment on google's behaviour (a comment which, incidentaly, a lot of people seem to agree with). You get to pass comment on their behaviour. I get to pass comment on your behaviour.

Holding people and companies to account in a soft manner, without resorting to force (legislation counts as force) is an important aspect of a functioning free society. The freedom of speech is not freedom from criticism but freedom to criticise.