A Sonic fan was a little aggressive in his tone in addressing Sonic honcho Clay Bennett and was kicked out of the game by police.

I can imagine that haranguing the owner in public is not how any team would recommend getting your point across. But I guess my question is: how is? What is the best way for Sonic fans to talk to the man who makes the decisions? Is there a better forum at the ready?

Also, this is the latest example of a little freedom of speech question that popped up in New York when fans were fired for various anti-Isiah Thomas shenanigans.

Essentially, the question is whether or not the stands are a public place where all your normal free speech protections would apply. If you disagree with someone on the sidewalk, the police can't send you home, right? 

In the stands at an NBA game, you are attending the event of a private business. It requires a ticket to get in, and that ticket comes with rules. Essentially it's a privilege to be there.

But if the building was paid for with taxpayer money, and billed (literally) to the public as an important part of the local community, isn't there a case to be made that the public has some right to exist in those stands, even if it's not convenient?

I have no idea what the law says about this, but common sense would seem to imply that if the public pays for the building, the team ought to have some obligation to accomodate the public in its many forms.