[Khepera]

So if someone kicked their ass wouldn't that be protected speech too?

[observer5]

Could that qualify as a hate crime. It is targeted at a particual group of people - americans. If they had vandalized anything at a synagoge it would have been...

[Illbay]

Apparently so, as long as you intend no ill-will.

[TheClintons-STILLAnti-American]

"So if someone kicked their ass wouldn't that be protected speech too?"

Only if you do it with a smile on your face, so everyone knows there is no "intent of ill will".

[sheik yerbouty]

Yes, moving one's fist forward is a right. If the leftist dumbass places his nose in the trajectory, then upon impact, he will have infringed upon the other individual right to free expression. Upon the dumbass' fall to the pavement, he should be arrested for interfering with the other individual's civil rights.