In addition to the research of 18-19th century public shaming, it would have been insightful to look at Court Opinions from early Freedom of Speech cases.
Believe it or not this mob response is exactly what is meant to keep speech in check, of course the Court's verbiage is not mob rule, rather "the market place of ideas." The law only cares about the Government not prohibiting speech, otherwise the Court's generally expect the speech itself to be accepted/promoted or rejected in the market place of ideas.
One example of accounting for ones words which didn't rise to the level of Court Ordered public shaming, is Lincoln's ridiculing local politicians through anonymous letters. On one occasion when Lincoln's true identity was found out, Lincoln was challenged to a dual. Lincoln himself did not want to dual, and was lucky enough that on the day of the dual the dual was cancelled. From that point forward Lincoln never wrote a critical letter of anyone, and made it a point never to criticize anyone for anything. This is a story that is more fully described in How to Win Friends and Influence People.
Believe it or not this mob response is exactly what is meant to keep speech in check, of course the Court's verbiage is not mob rule, rather "the market place of ideas." The law only cares about the Government not prohibiting speech, otherwise the Court's generally expect the speech itself to be accepted/promoted or rejected in the market place of ideas.
One example of accounting for ones words which didn't rise to the level of Court Ordered public shaming, is Lincoln's ridiculing local politicians through anonymous letters. On one occasion when Lincoln's true identity was found out, Lincoln was challenged to a dual. Lincoln himself did not want to dual, and was lucky enough that on the day of the dual the dual was cancelled. From that point forward Lincoln never wrote a critical letter of anyone, and made it a point never to criticize anyone for anything. This is a story that is more fully described in How to Win Friends and Influence People.