> But what he did was not get them into a brawl. He simply challenged them publicly. This is the very purpose of free speech! That's precisely what he did. Cha

> But what he did was not get them into a brawl. He simply challenged them publicly. This is the very purpose of free speech! That's precisely what he did. Challenging people publicly is a very aggressive move. He escalated the situation by using more intimidation and if the thugs had retaliated it would have been a very different story. He got lucky, that's all. People pulling that kind of stunt under influence generally end up beaten down in a corner.