Ok....apparently the only thing I'm good at is stirring the pot, so here goes.....
At what point does the open advocation of civil disobedience become perceived as traitorous? I'm not talking about violence or destruction....all THAT leads to is not being taken seriously. I'm talking more along the lines of tax evasion, nonviolent resistance upon arrest...performing acts that are known to be illegal, but are not necessarily immoral or unethical. I am not entitled to anything I have not earned, but I am entitled to ALL that I've earned. That is not how things are in today's America, and we're not going to vote our way out of it. I've come to see voting as part of the problem....you are either placing a leash around another's neck or having one placed around yours. We are, however, taught from an early age not to question authority, and to do so generally brings a great deal of hardship. It's easier to just go along to get along...at what point does going along to get along become complicity? We ended slavery in America on a technicality. We traded it for indentured servitude. If soldiers are fighting and dying so that we can be free, why are we not free? Think we could maybe try something different?
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