Yep and there are consequences to punishing those who engage in free speech also if the public wishes. I've been contacting ESPN sponsors all night long informing them I am organizing boycotts of their products until Hank Williams is restored to ESPN.
This had nothing to do with free speech. And those calls? You wasted your time. They do not care. People say they will boycott. They do not do it. And they know it. Also, there is such a thing as principle. There is no defending what Hank said. It was ignorant and reprehensible. And made him look less than bright.