[true_religion]

I really do believe arguments about the 'freedom' of speech should be kept to the context of government versus the populace.

The government censors people through force, sometimes in autocracies this quite literally means a gun to a dissenter's head.

It is a separate thing all together, On the other hand, if individuals freely choose to criticize, flame, or just simple disassociate themselves with someone else because they disapprove of their opinions. We should all be free to do at least this without fear that merely by agreeing with the majority we will be accused of 'censoring' the minority.