To the Editor:

I could not disagree more with the letter “Stifling Democracy” (3/14). Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. Just ask Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King and countless others who took principled stands knowing full well they would face consequences.

As a former commodity broker for large Wall Street firms, I knew full well that exercising my freedom of speech in certain ways could easily result in my dismissal – rightfully so if that speech was on company time or had a negative effect…

March 21, 2018