Sometimes it is, yes, but it must be done, lest those rights be lost to the abyss.

Hear hear.

Is this a joke?

Never, pyuser. Rights are not obnoxious to be exercised. Annoying, perhaps, where there are conflicts, but never obnoxious.

I’m a big believer in free speech, including hate speech.

I don’t think all exercises of free speech are OK.

Maybe you’re from a country where obnoxious has a stronger meaning.

But a bunch of Nazis walking down the road demanding human rights violations is pretty obnoxious.