Pesky First Amendment
Posted on June 22, 2009
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As much as I would love for our government to take a moral stand against the atrocities of Iran it’s laughable to think our system is any better. As many of you probably know (and as I do too cause I have a pocket constitution I got from my trip) the first amendment gives us all the right to say practically anything we want (however lying with no purpose than to hurt profits or screaming fire when there is none have challenged this right, for obvious reasons) and peacefully assemble without fear of prosecution. Now, while the sentence starts off “Congress shall make no law…” I believe it’s accepted that it’s not just in the law that the government should keep their noses out of our business. The Department of Defense seems to think otherwise, classifying anyone who has ever protested as “low level terrorists“.
The first question of the Terrorism Threat Factors, “Knowledge Check 1″ section reads as follows:
Which of the following is an example of low-level terrorism activity?
Select the correct answer and then click Check Your Answer.
O Attacking the Pentagon
O IEDs
O Hate crimes against racial groups
O ProtestsThe “correct” answer is Protests.
So by our own definition the protesters in Iran right now fighting for their right to participate in their own country are considered “low level terrorists” by our government. No country that treats protesting, which used to be considered (and to me it still is) a necessary function of democracy, like some form of terrorism has any right to spread that kind of word anywhere. I’m embarrassed that my country feels like my opposition to the war in Iraq is terrorism, just the idea of me not agreeing with them 100% means that I seek to destroy my own country through violent means. What a waste of my money going to fund training to classify anyone who disagrees as terrorists. No wonder America is so divisive, it’s still our way or the highway, and I’ll gladly choose the highway. I understand why people don’t want to pay taxes now, and if it weren’t for the IRS having machine guns I’d consider it myself.
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