Richard Bridge said, in part:

Does this public outrage (to the extent it is there) imply that the first amendment to the American constitution is wrong?

This is a logical fallacy. The Constitution is a prescription of the form which the government of the United States shall take. It is emphatically not any kind of direction to individuals (except as they may act as agents of government) as to what their attitude may be, or what actions they may take in relation to what (in this case) may be seen as a provocation.

Now, those actions of individuals might turn out to be extreme enough to be illegal; that's understood. But even in that case it is the statutes or ordinances which are involved, not the Constitution.

Mr. Bridge's comment is a red herring.

Dave Oesterreich