I can't speak for the admins that handle 1k hats, but I highly doubt it's something that takes up a lot of time to do. Compared to all the things the administration has to handle, uploading a hat and distributing it is probably one of the simpler things.

That's a great misinterpretation of your rights. Just because it's a free country doesn't give you the right to spew whatever the hell you want wherever you want.

Also this is the internet, it's beyond the scope of just a single country.