

Their crimes aren’t comparable, but the regimes’ actions are.
Nidal may not be being executed for blasphemy/speaking out, but people in the US are absolutely being targeted for their beliefs and political leanings (on top of the classic skin color based arrests). Some are jailed, some are charged and released but still have to deal with the process, illegal deportations, and others are just disappeared outright.
That part is hardly an exaggeration.

Hey sidewalks are public, therefore there is zero issue. Glad that is resolved.