Freedom of speech, not freedom from consequences

Via Michelle Malkin.

Michelle Malkin shares some of her hate mail, such as the one from this twit who sent her this message from his work email address (names have been changed or removed to protect the terminally stupid):

X-Originating-IP: [XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX]
From: "Fuck, Dumb" Dumb.Fuck@XXXXXXXXX.com
To: "'malkin@XXXXXXX.net'"
Subject:
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:41:22 -0400
X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.72)

YOU STINK you nasty CUNT! Eat Shit and DIE bitch!!

And, of course, the inevitable occurs:

Dear Ms. Malkin,
I am the Managing Shareholder of the law firm of XXXXXXXXXX with offices located across the country. I was very disturbed to learn today that a legal secretary in our Los Angeles office sent you the vile e-mail referenced on your home page. Such remarks are clearly inappropriate in any context and an e-mail such as this certainly should not have been sent during working time using our firm's equipment. The comments of this employee are not reflective of the views or opinions of the firm and are directly in violation of our e-mail policy. As Managing Shareholder, I wanted to extend to you our apologies and let you know that this serious violation of our firm's work rules has resulted in the discharge of this employee.

Once again, let me offer you our deepest apologies for any discomfort that the referenced e-mail has caused. It will not happen again.

Sincerely,

Dumb Fuck's Former Boss

Who wants to bet that Dumb Fuck believes it's Ms. Malkin's fault he lost his job?