Also also: If you claim to care about free speech you should also care about the basic principle of voluntary association, and thus people not wanting to hear or propagate your speech. *For any reason.* Defederation is a *basic requirement* for free speech to exist on Mastodon as anything other than a recapitulation of the worst corners of the internet.
We have a right to free speech but not a right to an audience, @brunodias @CobaltVelvet
@brunodias Exactly. I'd even go as far as saying that it is instrumental in preserving it.