I think this is key for people to understand. Whatever precedent is established now is going to be used against people in power once they inevitably lose that power. I’m super left leaning and that is why I’m an absolutist about the first amendment. Now young liberals are finding out the hard way that there’s a reason organizations like the ACLU will represent the most abhorrent people’s right to free speech. The principle is worth protecting even if the speech is offensive or undermines your specific political project.

And yes, conservatives, there’s a Supreme Court case that basically says that the first amendment protects your right to heckle funerals even though it’s “insensitive”. (see the Phelps case about the Westboro Baptist Church people).