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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IcyCool" data-source="post: 2888649" data-attributes="member: 20308">Freedom of speech is the liberty to freely say what one pleases, as well as the related liberty to hear what others have stated.  Now, if you as a publisher spout off on a forum, and someone doesn't buy your product because of it, how exactly have they kept you from freely saying what you please?  You'll note, I hope, that the first amendment just guarantees you the right to say something, it doesn't make what you say consequence-free.  And it also doesn't guarantee you an audience.Now, some folks here wouldn't buy from a publisher for a number of reasons I think are a bit extreme, but that's their choice.  They aren't restricting anyone's freedom of speech.  I won't buy from someone who has personally (or net-wise) treated me like a jerk.  Note that I don't consider disagreement to be jerk activity, unless the disagreement is riddled with insults.  Again, I'm not stepping all over that person's freedom of speech.  What's happening in both those situations is that the artist/publisher is "reaping what they sow".  If that means they restrict their own freedom of speech for fear of a negative reaction, well, that's their choice.  And you'll note who's doing the restricting there.And this is probably not the best place to ask, but what D20 stuff have you written?  You seem knowledgeable about historic weaponry, so I'm curious (I'm a fan of weaponry products).And not to worry, I don't think of you as a jerk. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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