* It's probably really bad that BG is glorifying violence and murder and threatening witnesses
* It would be better if he stopped
* It's completely understandable that his parole should depend on him not doing it
* The court should absolutely overturn this and protect his free speech so he can go on glorifying violence and murder
Free speech, not just for good people!
It's not about good vs bad people. It's about you did a crime and haven't finished serving your time.
https://constitution.findlaw.com/amendment1/free-speech-righ...
"A prison inmate retains only those First Amendment rights that are not inconsistent with his status as a prisoner or with the legitimate penological objectives of the corrections system."
i.e. if restricting freedom of speech is consistent with that, they would be restricted. Not all forms of speech restriction are consistent with that (and if the state tried to restrict those, the courts would probably overturn it), but to say they have the same free-speech rights is objectively false.
In this case, it would seem that the legitimate objectives of the correction system would fit with restricting his speech (as the OP states, it probably be better if he didn't do that).
You have rights unless by your own actions you forfeit them. This has been upheld as constitutional. In some states, depending on your actions, you can even forfeit your right to live (though I get the controversy on that one far more).
But on that note, threatening witnesses is always a crime. That is indefensible, and deserves prison no matter who did it. Saying he can’t do that in a parole release is like saying “don’t do crimes.”
That's a very interesting point of view, I had never thought of it that way: you can do whatever you want, but you will no longer be allowed to live. The consequence is almost presented as a choice, instead of a punishment.
Regardless of whether you call it "rehabilitated" or "paid their debt to society", I don't think people should continue to be punished (e.g. by being on a list) after they've done their time.
I'm aware this gets tricky with certain kinds of sex offenders though, who get out of jail and continue their shit; they have paid their debt to society, but they haven't and may never rehabilitate.
So if for the protection of the many (yes I know - it is a slippery slope) a specific person has to count his words & actions, so be it. He made his bed. Now he is sleeping in it.