And we`ll order them to all wear yellow patches on their clothing so we can easily identify them as they walk down the street. How dare they exercise their freedom and express their personal opinions in the public forum!
Well, public opinions are that: public. And that means they can be publicly poo poo'ed. If I write something stupid then people are going to laugh at me. And then, if what I wrote ended up being not so stupid it's me the one who's going to have the last laugh.
What's wrong about that?