Here's the thing, you either support freedom of speech and expression, or you don't. Now if you do, then you have to support the nazi's right to speak and express, the abortion doctor's right to speak and express, the senator's right to speak and express, and the beggar's right to speak and express.
Everyone's right must be supported. If someone wants to express themselves to my boss via boycott in an effort to get me fired, so be it. That's their right. Just as it's the nazi's right to express himself on the internet to better inform people about the tenets of his ideology. The government must have no ability to constrict either activity.
It may not seem like it, but it's actually a good thing that the government can't stop any of these people from doing any of these things.
If you want to get the government to disallow any boycotts of companies, then you are not really in favor of freedom of speech and expression.
Do you support (or at least not want the government to ban) libel/slander?
What about child pornography?
Should I be able to run into an airport and yell "BOMB"?
Perjury? Should it be illegal to lie in court?
I also assume that if I had your real name, address, and SSN that you think it should be legal for me to post that info in this comment ('doxxing')?
Now, the thing is, I mostly agree with you. However, it's plainly ridiculous to claim that someone has to fully support/oppose free speech. Make a real argument rather than just claim your opponent's position doesn't exist in order to strawman their position as 'not suporting freedom of speech and expression'.
I support the rights of NAZIs or others to express themselves within the law. I don't believe that facebook should be compelled to carry their speech without being compelled to carry all legal speech.
Finally, I will say I don't believe facebook or others should be compelled to carry all legal speech.
Here's the thing, you either support freedom of speech and expression, or you don't.
There are plenty of gradients to freedom of expression - child porn is an obvious one, and German law against Nazi speech is another, and there are things in-between like advertisements for opioids or tobacco.
All you've done is restate the absolutist position, without addressing the challenges of that position which include: criminal speech, commercial speech, and the fact the restrictions on some speech have been successfully implemented without all the negative side effects that absolutists claim are inevitable.
Here's the thing, you either support freedom of speech and expression, or you don't. Now if you do, then you have to support the nazi's right to speak and express, the abortion doctor's right to speak and express, the senator's right to speak and express, and the beggar's right to speak and express.
Everyone's right must be supported. If someone wants to express themselves to my boss via boycott in an effort to get me fired, so be it. That's their right. Just as it's the nazi's right to express himself on the internet to better inform people about the tenets of his ideology. The government must have no ability to constrict either activity.
It may not seem like it, but it's actually a good thing that the government can't stop any of these people from doing any of these things.
If you want to get the government to disallow any boycotts of companies, then you are not really in favor of freedom of speech and expression.