[FeepingCreature]

> The issue is that you’re implicitly trying to find a way to say that these people’s speech should be protected, while the free association rights of their bosses and colleagues should not be.

Yes, that is what I am saying - I personally value right to choice of business association lower than right to speech.

> There is no principled way to consider racist trolling free speech, but not also those calling for their firing to also be considered free speech.

You can call for anyone's firing. That too is protected speech. Of course, firing is not speech.

Re Popehat, there is a difference between legal obligation and moral obligation.

[ashtonkem]

I find the idea of being forced to associate with someone whose speech I find repugnant because you value their speech over my free association rights disconcerting.

[FeepingCreature]

Yeah well I find the idea of being fired over speech outside the workplace corrosive to democratic society.