Reply #2: Not a 1st Amendment issue. One could argue that "free

[DirkGently]

speech" encompasses a principle as well as a Constitutional right. For example, shouting someone down IS contrary to freedom of speech. It's just not illegal from one person to another. In poor taste, cowardly, unethical, yes. But not illegal. The principle is the free exchange of ideas. The law is the limit on what speech the government can restrict.