protected speech

my buddy geoff said:

i was walking past independence hall in philly
on the way home from my shrink's office
when i noticed across the street
(because they couldn't demonstrate directly in front of the hall),
there were a bunch of people protesting against anti-hate crime laws.
that's right: they were demonstrating for their right
to _commit_ hate crimes.

so i walked up to one of 'em
and asked him, "so, who do you wanna kill?
blacks, gays, or jews?"
he looked uncomfortable, and said,
"i don't have to talk to you."
so i went up to another one and asked,
"what about you? who do _you_ wanna kill?
blacks, gays, or jews?"

he gave me the same line, about not having to talk to me.
so i went up to every one of them
and asked them the same question.
after awhile, i started getting pretty steamed
because you know i hate that shit.
one of 'em tells me, "why should i talk to you
when you're hiding behind your sunglasses and ballcap?"
so i _ripped_ them off and got right up in his face:
"_blacks, gays, or jews?_
BLACKS, GAYS, OR JEWS?"

finally i figured the hell with it
and decided to get the hell out of there.
so i pushed my way through them and continued
on my way down the sidewalk.
there were a bunch of cops standing across the street,
directly in front of the hall.
one of the hate crime guys yells at the cops,
"did you see that, officers?
he _assaulted_ me!" and one of the cops says,
"aaah, shaddup."