The thing I like about "smart mobs" is the vast quantity of totally unnecessary paranoia they cause. The cops and the government display their belief that the public are the enemy every time they over-react as they do. Peaceful assembly is, of course, a right provided for in the Constitution. You'd never think that was true based on the response to the smart mobs. It would be funnier if it weren't so scary, but it still contains a great deal of mordant humor in it.