Deep in the bedrock of American jurisprudence, even the plainly indefensible are entitled to a defense, and anyone who doubts the full gravitas of that principle needs to understand that this is an unalienable right extending all the way to fans of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Many of those fans are headed to Minnesota for Super Bowl LII, while millions more will remain in and near the City of the Not Infrequent Brotherly Shove and Full Beer Can Projectile, watching helplessly as the international sports punditry re-heats their various, um, indiscretions.
Oh my God did they really boo Santa and whip snowballs at him 50 years ago?