Yes exctly the left always does two things-- Intimidate people and try to destroy dissent.
In a country where freedom of speech and association are constitutionally protected, this is the way to kill all dissent, and the left fully knows it.
The loss of employment technique is what the Soviet Union used against dissidents. Families would starve when the breadwinner lost their job for saying something that was not politically correct. The Left is doing in America what fascist thugs have done throughout history.