I went to journalism school in Lawrence, Kansas, and Fred Phelps was just an hour's drive away in Topeka, Kansas. We had a very left-wing journalism professor who was also very pro-free speech (positions not always consistent).

Anyway, we had this fat angry feminist in our class who would always say, "I support free speech, but only good free speech. Can't we censor Fred Phelps?"

No, the journalism professor would say. Credit where it's due. I bet the guy would have defended the lawsuit against him.