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If you're going to make wild claims please substantiate them.
How does person A saying things result in person B being unable to say things or own private property?
Consequence of insulting the business that employs you is that you’ll get fired. To limit the consequences here is to restrict the property rights of the business to hire and fire the individuals they hire.
More realistic scenario, if you’re an insufferable person spewing nonsense all day, people in your social circle (and those near you physically) will distance themselves from you. That’s the natural consequence of anti-social behavior.
There is no speech without consequence. To have speech without consequence is to expect cause without effect.
Yes, and I believe businesses have too much power over people. I'm 100% okay with restricting the rights of businesses to protect workers. And we already do this for a lot of things, like you can't fire a woman because she got pregnant, etc. This is not a new concept.
True, but the concept of freedom of speech is that we should try to protect people's rights to say things. It's impossible to make everything 100% fine to say without consequences, but saying "who cares if businesses trample your rights" is going in the complete wrong direction.