I feel like we've got this totally backwards. If we're going to have laws around speech at all then it should protect the general public more than public figure

I feel like we've got this totally backwards. If we're going to have laws around speech at all then it should protect the general public more than public figures. In fact some public figures, such as politicians, should be entirely exempt from protection. But we don't see it protecting the general public because those cases are never as high profile.