A lot of people call BTC a 'free' currency, that is to say people are free to use it as they want, without any third party control of course, and that includes the speculators. I don't don't see how speculation is a problem, as many people tend to suggest sometimes, i.e. it doesn't stop anyone from spending their BTC, using it i a p2p way, setting up their own node, etc.
Truth be told, it is going to be hard to find a bitcoiner who isn't using BTC's volatility to make profits on their investments, what is wrong with that? Absolutely nothing.
I agree that speculation is part of the freedom
BTC gives. My point is, if 90% of people only see it as a quick-profit asset, we’re wasting its potential as a driver for business and real financial independence.
Everything that absolutely bears the name of currency is prone to be associated with speculations as such thing could change in value in the future, it becomes a center of discussion, prediction and even a piece of exchange in every medium of financial negotiation.
The nature of Bitcoin cannot exist without speculation because it drives the force behind Bitcoin success story, where every buys and sells, demand and supply comes from.