[LearsFool]

Smith, enraged by the first amendment freedoms Americans have to express opinions he disagrees with, chose to direct his frustrations with the Chick-Fil-A corporation by ambushing and berating a young lady trying to support her family by working at the drive-thru window of the restaurant.

He was merely exercising his First Amendment right to express an opinion Chick-Fil-A disagrees with, wasn't he?

See what happens when the Bill of Rights supplants the Bible as the arbiter of right and wrong?

[MileHi]

He was merely exercising his First Amendment right to express an opinion Chick-Fil-A disagrees with, wasn't he?

No. It was a verbal assault on some he perceived could not fight back.

[Starstruck]

He was merely exercising his First Amendment right to express an opinion Chick-Fil-A disagrees with, wasn't he?

Yes but the First Amendment doesn't say anything about consequences you may recieve by exercising that right. It merely states the Government can't prevent you from saying what you think. I have the right to walk up to my boss and tell him he sucks and he has the right to fire me.

[ssaftler]

He was merely exercising his First Amendment right to express an opinion Chick-Fil-A disagrees with, wasn't he?

If that was exercising his 1st Amendment "right", then his company probably saved themselves some serious harassment lawsuits dumping this bozo. I can only imagine how he treated people who worked for him, if he goes so off the rails to someone he doesn't know.

(P.S. The second part of your handle is an apt description of your grasp of this incident)

[Colonel_Flagg]

He was merely exercising his First Amendment right to express an opinion Chick-Fil-A disagrees with, wasn't he?

The First Amendment only applies to government action. There is no right to free speech on private property.

[DuncanWaring]

The First Amendment says “Congress shall make no law...”.

It doesn’t say “Your employer shall make no law...”.

[publius911]

See what happens when the Bill of Rights supplants the Bible as the arbiter of right and wrong?

Another irrelevancy worthy of a child. Trivialize a fundamental right.

The only other adult I have ever met who might make that observation, worked with us for a few years before retiring on a mental disability.

No Constitutional principles are involved, just normal intelligence and common sense.

In all the years I've lived it never crossed my mind to use a visit to a fast food drive through to promote a political view about anything, and videotape it!