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Despite the right's whining that this is some sort of attack on free speech, this is saving his life. He will be put into a segregated population while in prison and no one but guards will be able to get to him. Right now it is the safest place for him and the people who were trying to protect him. It also should be noted, this is a convicted felon, and no they do not have the rights of free people. This is not a regular citizen who used their rights. this is a person who has been stripped of his rights because he was tried by a jury of his peers and found guilty of a crime. Yes, we do strip those people of their rights, and yes they do have many of the freedoms you and i have restricted when they are out on parole. Comparing him to a frree US citizen with no convictions would be completely wrong as it is an entirely different argyument on whether or not the probation and parole departments can restrict the freedoms of people who fall under their authority.
I have a feeling despite the removal of his freedoms this guy is probably happy to be going back to prison. Considering he was pretty much a prisoner in his home anyway, it is probably a great idea to go to jail for a bit, let things cool off, and try for a discrete release and possibly going into hiding with the government's assistance and permission later. Given that the terms of his early release prohibit him from assuming another identity it would be impossible for him to go into hiding without violating the terms of his release, which would add more time to his original sentence anyway.
When you try to justify abridging a person's rights because:
1. He's a convicted felon therefore he has no rights. (a very disturbing concept in and of itself)
2. We are doing it for his own good.
You have diminished the rights of everyone.