Is Harassment of Public Figures Acceptable: Your Sincere Opinion

[johan]

Public figures are by definition, well, public. You do give up a certain amount of anonymity and privacy in exchange for being someone who is known to John Q public. So you should expect people to approach you anytime you're in public. That's just part of the gig. That being said, actual harassment is always wrong and the harassee being a public figure you happen to not like or agree with does not make harassment acceptable. It just makes the person doing the harassing an asshole.