Dept. of free speech

Here's an interesting tale from SF Indymedia -- a site where progressive activists post their news (and where sometimes what passes for "news" is merely paranoid fantasy): Two women noticed a neo-Nazi skinhead recruiting in a Mission District coffeehouse and, after discussing the situation with "comrades" and informing the cafe's clerk, forced the skinhead to cut his recruitment talk short and leave.

My first reaction was that if the details of the report are to be believed, it seems they handled the situation rather well. They didn't beat the guy up or threaten him, they just made him stop what he was doing by the sheer force of their presence. On the other hand, the skinhead was correct in asserting his right to free speech; even this biased report doesn't suggest he was breaking any law or urging that laws be broken. I think it's admirable that the women stood up for what they believed, but I think the best thing would be to have sat down at the table with him and engaged him in debate.