Hey Wil, it's very big of you to walk back your tweet, but I don't think it was required. You're not a jerk for pointing out that bigots are jerks. And bigots who try to hide behind "free speech" to avoid being called out on it are still bigots. Jen McCright of freethoughtblogs.com had a similar reaction when she tweeted: “I love seeing the long lines at Chick-Fil-A. It’s not often you get to watch the last desperate gasp of bigotry before it loses.” Of course, the reaction to that tweet was heated, to say the least. Here's her blog post about said reaction. I think it's spot on: http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/2012/08/so-you-were-just-called-a-bigot/