Wow, a little over the top there ya think?
no, not at all. as you might know or recall, during the Vietnam War, the aforementioned items were secured. ‘patches’ were worn, that embraced certain personal affectations. and it was denoted, described, with derision by possible relatives of the author of this hit piece.
now, i do believe in ‘freedom of the press’, as well as ‘freedom of speech’, yet it is only after indulging in quailudes, that one look at a patch of a foreign religious group, worn by a combat soldier in the field fighting for the life of her country, to be called a member of that foreign religious group, by a member of a jourrnalistic body.