It is my belief that the first amendment was primarily designed to protect political speech. It was a rejection of "Lese Majeste" for which people had been prosecuted for criticizing Governors and such before we became a country.
It was never intended to apply to such things as "Porn" or the right to disgust people. If it doesn't have an obvious political component, it really doesn't come under the first amendment protection in my opinion.
I think you are right. I sure don’t see this as a free speech matter. I see it as idiot white boys trying to show how cool they are. People can have whatever opinion of others that they want, but I just wonder what they were thinking. And I wonder who sent the video out and why. I would be very ashamed of my child if they did something so mean.
That's rather a trailing indicator, isn't it? Government(s) can (and do) regulate, ban or criminalize any activity or perceived activity at will and at the behest of various petitioning groups, classes or of their own accord.
These bans and regulations whittle away the general freedom. So as I see it, "First Amendment" concerns should and must rightly begin well before the governmental prohibition or statute is enacted.