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He doesn't lose his "freedom of speech".
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If he loses his job over this, then yes, he did lose his freedom of speech.
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He does however have to lose that kind of rhetoric (or prove it), or get another job.
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Does the same standard apply to people who denounce evolution and spout off rhetoric about creationism, for example? Do they have to prove their rhetoric or get another job too?
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Would it be OK if he spouted out Nazi beliefs as well, praising the holocaust?
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Yes. Freedom of speech doesn't just protect popular speech. In fact, it's unpopular speech that needs to be protected most of all.
Where I would draw the line, though, is if he said something that directly incited violence. Praising the holocaust is much different than saying "Go forth and kill all the Jews!" and then people actually did.