I think this entire thread and the OP's position is nothing more then sour grapes.
They want to be able to silence those who oppose them in any manner they deem fit and then hide behind the Constitution, but when the tables are turned, they are little kids stomping their feet yelling, "Quit it, quit it right now!"
I don't think it's sour grapes.
I think it's an honest expression of "free speech"...you know, that little right that means I too have a right to be heard and right to hear what my elected representative has to say even though my voice may lack the stridency and volume of those seeking to prevent my exercising that right.
It seems so simple....but maybe it's because there are those who believe free speech belongs only to the angriest and the loudest.