“You and I would not be considered public figures in this context because (I am assuming) we are not intentionally putting our face, voice, and likeness out there for public consumption.”
See my comment below re: if I went on radio and made a similar comment against the left. Does being ON the radio then make you a public figure? If you are on the radio consistently, are your 2nd Amendment rights automatically suspended? So many questions...
Not sure where your second amendment stuff comes into play, so I won’t entertain that.
I imagine calling in to a show would not put you at risk.
At one time in my life I was a local business manager and every year or so I would make the rounds on the local (very local) TV shows and radio shows. For that brief time I guess I would have been considered a public figure. I was certainly open to criticism and comment. So if someone said, “Vt Lt is a fat bastard who lies ab out his company” I would not be able to sue them.
30 years later my “celebrity” is gone. So if someone on a radio show started saying out of the blue that I was a fat bastard liar I would have a case.