Freedom and the Bill of Rights

As any lawyer will probably tell you "A right not exercised is a right not realized."

I say this because I hear a lot of folks on the "right of center" blogs and forums talk about the Occupy movement.  I have issues with some of the things written on these forums mostly because these folks do not understand the implications of their statements.
     Freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble is protected by those who say and do things we do not agree with.  So when I read people writing things like "I want to see a cop crack the skulls of those occupussies."  I think how sad for you that you do not believe in freedom of speech, just because you don't agree with what someone says or how they say it does not mean that the person(s) saying it should have their rights to speech or peaceful assembly taken from them.  No one deserves to have their head bashed in because of what they say or because they are peacefully assembling at a time when our "elected representatives" would prefer silence.  Who cares what our elected officials want?  Our elected officials should be in office to serve the people, but instead they serve the wealthy and the corporations who gave them money.  For without that money they could not have competed with the other guy who had wealthy backers and other corporate sponsors.  One need only look to what our "elected officials" have done to really understand that they care only for the money that puts them on the seat of power.