How free is your speech really?

It seems another thing may be comment worthy on the subject of free speech.
A court case was won today.
A gay couple, who won a case against a B&B, who refused to let them sleep in a double bed.

This I think, is a good thing. The refusal was 'on religious grounds', and I'm quite pleased with the result.

However, that isn't what's prompted me to get out the keyboard. What has, is that someone high profile has decided to contest the ruling, by posting the address of the couple concerned on twitter.
Something which has give me pause to think - what do I think of _that_ in the context of previous posts on freedom of speech.

And my first thought is - I'd be considering posting my name, address and a veiled threat on Twitter to be at least as offensive as the previous cases.
Which for the sake of reference, in one case covered being sexually explicit about an abducted (and presumed murdered) 5 year old on facebook, and in the other wearing a t-shirt that supported the murder of two police officers.

I am very much hoping to see the gentleman in question in court, and would very much hope he got at least as much of a sentence as the other individuals.

As to the broader question? Well, I'm not sure how I'd compare it if I'm honest. I think willfully violating someone's privacy - especially in a context which encourages harm to them - to be more like criminal behavior than being the 'ordinary' kind of obnoxious and offensive.

And maybe as such, something that warrants the protection of law, where maybe 'just' being offensive might not.