People have been fired from their jobs for refusing to refer to trans-identifying males as if they are women. Some have even been taken to court over it. This is quite clearly a threat to free speech.
This is a good point because a business choosing not to employ somebody is the exact same thing as the government mandating that a private company not employ somebody. Similarly, gummy bears and grizzly bears are the same thing: bears
I agree! The definition of an attack on free speech is anything that happens that I don’t like. For example Netflix raising their prices is an attack on free speech. People that have loud conversations on speakerphone in public are attacking free speech. When I’m at a picnic and a wasp lands on my sandwich? That’s not just an attack on free speech, that’s cancel culture. The wasp (government) is literally cancelling me exercising (eating) free speech (my sandwich)
I don’t appreciate this attack on my freedom of expression. “Freedom of speech” means saying whatever I want and I am free from anybody forming any negative opinions about me or what I said. Any even perceived undesired consequence for how I express myself is an assault on my first amendment rights
This is a good point because a business choosing not to employ somebody is the exact same thing as the government mandating that a private company not employ somebody. Similarly, gummy bears and grizzly bears are the same thing: bears