Why are you conflating a traditional principle of jurisprudence with the right to free speech? These are entirely separate topics.

The point was to publicly challenge the people that work for the surveillance-industrial-complex. That is simply free speech. The other party has the right to yell back if the desire, or to simply leave[1]l.

    All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

I fear that a lot of innocents will be hurt because of your support that you give by choosing to let these problems pass without challenge. Why should you expect anything to change when you withhold the necessary feedback necessary to correct bad behavior?

There is a difference between crude or vulgar name-calling/insults and challenging someone with language that is frank, strong, and maybe a bit rude. One is just trying to make people angry and the other is seeking to throw a bucket of cold water onto someone's naive or harmful point of view.[2]

[1] Free speech doesn't guarantee you an audience.

[2] Failure to understand this distinction is why some people perceive Linus Torvalds as being rude and "foul mouthed".

They changed it to "It is better that an entire country lose its right to privacy and security than... well, anything. Seriously, this shit is awesome, look at what my stupid neighbors are talking about on the phone"

An individual is not a court, and the courts are not holding the people responsible well, responsible.

I don't understand why someone would choose to say that the NSA or their workers are innocent, as we have mountains of evidence to their obvious malfeasance.

There is 0 path to justice in holding our government accountable, so welcome to the impotent rage of the masses.

A tongue lashing and a lashing are different. Is your day in court actual or metaphorical? Pick one instead of playing word games.

You are mistaken if you think people should only be taken to task within a court hearing.

In any case these guys are never going to court.

Punishing murderers doesn't actually solve any problems unless you suspect them of continuing to do it. And punishing innocent people creates massive problems.